Agriculture and commerce, as they once were, are things of … - Joel Benton

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Agriculture and commerce, as they once were, are things of the past. The one has been made unprofitable beyond description; the other is now impossible, except in a reduced way, under an alien flag.

Joel Benton

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(May 29, 1832 – September 15, 1911) was an American writer, poet and lecturer.

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