We will indulge in all those miscellaneous commercial operations, which when conducted on a small scale are called thieving, but a large scale, financing. (Henry Savile Clarke)

We will indulge in all those miscellaneous commercial operations, which when conducted on a small scale are called thieving, but a large scale, financing.

Henry Savile Clarke

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