Our system, so fair in its theory and so fertile in its happiness and prosperity in its first century, is now, following the fate of systems, becomin… - Henry Demarest Lloyd

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Our system, so fair in its theory and so fertile in its happiness and prosperity in its first century, is now, following the fate of systems, becoming artificial, technical, corrupt; and, as always happens in human institutions, after noon, power is stealing from the many to the few.

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About Henry Demarest Lloyd

Henry Demarest Lloyd (May 1, 1847 – September 28, 1903) was a 19th-century American progressive political activist and pioneer muckraking journalist.

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Alternative Names: H. D. Lloyd
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