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It is said that the City [of London] is the centre of the world's finance . . .; the clearing-house of the world, any other nation may be its workshop. Now I ask you, gentlemen, whether . . . that is not a very short-sighted view.

Source: Speech, Guildhall, London, 19 Jan 1904
-- Joseph Chamberlain, (Jul 8 1836-1914), English politician, businessman, social reformer; He was an ardent imperialist who favored social reform at home and expansion abroad; father to Neville and Austen Chamberlain.

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