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Quotation from The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney
“Such societies may be called Acquisitive Societies, because their whole tendency and interest and preoccupation is to promote the acquisition of wealth”
The Acquisitive Society, Ch. III, 'The Acquisitive Society', p. 29 (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920 (Project Gutenberg #33741))
The definition that gives the book its title.
Citation: "Such societies may be called Acquisitive Societies, because their whole tendency and interest and preoccupation is to promote the acquisition of wealth" — R. H. Tawney, The Acquisitive Society, Ch. III, 'The Acquisitive Society', p. 29 (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920 (Project Gutenberg #33741)). (id tawney-the-acquisitive-society-q3)
