| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1541 |
| AUTHOR: | Carroll Davidson Wright (1840–1909) |
| QUOTATION: | The day of large profits is probably past. There may be room for further intensive, but not extensive, development of industry in the present area of civilization. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | D. CARROLL WRIGHT, U.S. commissioner of labor.—Industrial Depressions, first annual report of the U.S. Bureau of Labor, 1885, chapter 3, p. 257. House Executive Doc. 497#150;1, part 5. |
| SUBJECTS: | Progress |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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