Corporations
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Examples
- The republican character of the private corporations called the schools or academies at Athens was far more stable and independent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is the width of the track, and it was only after a long and expensive contest that countries and corporations settled upon a uniform gauge. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Corporations have been known to do just that to their reports. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The exclusive privileges of corporations obstruct it from one place to another, even in the same employment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The present universities of Europe were originally, the greater part of them, ecclesiastical corporations, instituted for the education of churchmen. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And if corporations have been slow to adopt such merciful devices, legislatures have stepped in to help the matter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thus the demand for the new machines and wax records grew apace as the corporations organized to handle the business extended their lines. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The pretence that corporations are necessary for the better government of the trade, is without any foundation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The exclusive privileges of corporations are the principal means it makes use of for this purpose. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1910 the American Banker estimated that there were 1,198 corporations with 8,110 subsidiaries liable to all the penalties of the Sherman Act. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- So great became the demand for this binders' twine that great corporations engaged in its manufacture, and they in turn formed a great trust to control the world's supply. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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