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Quotation from The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney
“It cannot control their actions. It can offer them an end on which to fix their minds”
The Acquisitive Society, Ch. XI, 'Porro Unum Necessarium', p. 181 (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920 (Project Gutenberg #33741))
Tawney concedes that no change of system can cure greed, and states what a reorganised society can do.
Citation: "It cannot control their actions. It can offer them an end on which to fix their minds" — R. H. Tawney, The Acquisitive Society, Ch. XI, 'Porro Unum Necessarium', p. 181 (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920 (Project Gutenberg #33741)). (id tawney-the-acquisitive-society-q9)
