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Thursday, July 12, 2007

The Almighty Dollar

The Romans worshipped their standards; and the Roman standard happened to be an eagle. Our standard is only one-tenth of an Eagle--a Dollar--but we make all even by adoring it with tenfold devotion.

Edgar Allen Poe, Poe's Works, Vol. III (Poems &c.), 1875

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