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When you come to analyze the love of money which was the general…

Quote byEdward Bellamy · 1850–1898

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Looking Backward, 2000-1887 (1888), Ch. 9..

English (original)

When you come to analyze the love of money which was the general impulse to effort in your day, you find that the dread of want and desire of luxury was but one of several motives which the pursuit of money represented; the others, and with many the more influential, being desire of power, of social position, and reputation for ability and success.

— Edward Bellamy

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