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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: action utterly devoid of animus. We are members of that intellectual
proletariat, the increasing numbers of which mark in red lettering the last
days of the nineteenth century. We have, from a thorough study of economics,
decided to enter upon this business. It has many merits, chief among which may
be noted that we can indulge in large and lucrative operations without
capital. So far, we have been fairly successful, and we hope our dealings with
you may be pleasant and satisfactory.
Pray attend while we explain our views more fully. At the base of the present
system of society is to be found the property right. And this right of the
individual to hold property is demonstrated, in the last analysis, to rest
solely and wholly upon MIGHT. The mailed gentlemen of William the Conqueror
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