Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard to find; but men who can think and plan and tell the routine men what to do are very rare. (William Graham Sumner)

Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard to find; but men who can think and plan and tell the routine men what to do are very rare.

William Graham Sumner

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