Quote#Happiness
Our system, so fair in its theory and so fertile in its happiness and…
Quote byHenry Demarest Lloyd · 1847–1903
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Wealth Against Commonwealth (1894), Page 515.
English (original)
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.
— Henry Demarest Lloyd
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