Measuring the Height
Photographer: Unknown
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Ruthless and greedy business practices, supported by theories of laissez-faire economics and a philosophy of Social Darwinism, which promised fulfillment to the strong and condemned the weak to destitution and misery, had divided America into extremes of great wealth and massive poverty.



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