Commerce is the mother of the arts, the sciences, the professions, and in this twentieth century has itself become an art, a science, a profession. (Harry Gordon Selfridge)

Commerce is the mother of the arts, the sciences, the professions, and in this twentieth century has itself become an art, a science, a profession.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

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