The vastness and the free sweep of our concentrated wealth … - Walter Rauschenbusch

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The vastness and the free sweep of our concentrated wealth on the one side, the independence, intelligence, moral vigor, and political power of the common people on the other side, promise a long-drawn grapple of contesting forces which may well make the heart of every American patriot sink within him.

Walter Rauschenbusch

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Walter Rauschenbusch (October 4, 1861 – July 25, 1918) was a Christian theologian, a Baptist pastor and a representative of the Social Gospel movement.

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