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Quotation from The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney
“They may, as in the case of a successful doctor, grow rich; but the meaning of their profession, both for themselves and for the public, is not that they make money but that they make health, or safety, or knowledge, or good government or good law”
The Acquisitive Society, Ch. VII, 'Industry as a Profession', p. 94 (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920 (Project Gutenberg #33741))
Tawney's account of what distinguishes a profession from an industry judged by returns to shareholders.
Citation: "They may, as in the case of a successful doctor, grow rich; but the meaning of their profession, both for themselves and for the public, is not that they make money but that they make health, or safety, or knowledge, or good government or good law" — R. H. Tawney, The Acquisitive Society, Ch. VII, 'Industry as a Profession', p. 94 (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920 (Project Gutenberg #33741)). (id tawney-the-acquisitive-society-q7)
