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vistas, mental views or prospects, extending over a series of events, thoughts, or the like.
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untrammeled, not confined or impeded; freed of anything which impedes or obstructs activity, progress, or freedom.
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wine of life, the blood that maintains life in our bodies.
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condescension, voluntary descent from one’s rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior.
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atrophy, a wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.
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monopoly, exclusive possession of the trade in some commodity;exclusive possession, control, or exercise of a thing.
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tariffs, customs or duties to be paid on imports or exports.
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girding, killing by encircling or cutting away the bark all around.
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philanthropic, benevolent; loving, one’s fellow-men; humane. The word is used ironically here. Trust presidents spend a small part of their ill-gotten gains to establish philanthropic institutions and at the same time prevent their fellow-beings from enjoying a larger share of the profits that are made in the business through the toil of the workers.
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Indiana, one of the central states of the United States of America.
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multiplication, multiplying, increasing rapidly.
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New York, Chicago, and St. Louis, American cities.
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sapped, exhaust the vigor of.
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self-contained town, a town that is compact or complete in itself, that can take care of its own needs.
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metropolis, large city.
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Wall Street, the chief financial center of the United States of America, Wall Street, in New York City, where the Stock Exchange and the large banks are located.
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sullenly, gloomily, dismally.
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pulpy, like the soft succulent part of any fruit.
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heart, courage, spirit.
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heartlessness, cruelty, pitilessness, lack of feeling.
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untrammel, free, release.
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tariff favors, tariff rates made favorable to certain groups or interests.
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railroad discrimination, rates on railroads that are lowered to favor certain groups; rates discriminating in favor of this group and against that group.
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credit denials, credit given to one person and denied another, so that he who receives credit has the advantage in business over the person who is denied money in the bank. Credit is money entered in the books of the bank and put at the disposal of the person to whom the credit has been extended.
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handicaps, disadvantages that render success in competition more difficult.
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