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Is there not a casual connection between the development of these huge, indomitable… — Louis Brandeis

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Is there not a casual connection between the development of these huge, indomitable trusts and the horrible crimes now under investigation?... Is it not irony to speak of the equality of opportunity in a country cursed with their bigness?

Louis Brandeis
1911
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1911
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Louis Brandeis
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Brandeis, Louis D. Letter to Paul Kellogg. 19 Dec. 1911.

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