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Men of Invention and Industry

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This is the best method for teaching independence.

Look at the little Isle of Man.

The fishermen there never ask for loans.

They look to their nets and their boats; they sail for Ireland, catch the fish, and sell them to the Irish people.

With them, industry brings capital, and forms the fertile seed-ground of further increase of boats and nets.


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