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— Francis Parkman"Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full."
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From a rational standpoint, it might be expected that man should be far more willing to express financial confidence in his skills rather than risking his earnings on the mindless meanderings of chance. Experience, however, has strongly indicated the reverse proposition to hold true.
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