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could be effected than the strict limitation of the functions 

 of the State in the two directions I have here indicated. 

 Not only would it be an enormous saving of public and 

 private expenditure that is altogether useless, but by 

 making all success in business absolutely de23endent on 

 consistent integrity it would become a great power in the 

 moral elevation of society. 



