Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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