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It is told of Rothschild that, seeing his fortune threatened by the Revolution of 1848, he hit upon the following stratagem: “I am quite willing to admit,” said he, “that my fortune has been accumulated at the expense of others, but if it were divided tomorrow among the millions of Europe, the share of each would only amount to five shillings. Very well, then, I undertake to render to each his five shillings if he asks me for it.”
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© 1975 Emile Capouya and Keitha Tompkins
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Capouya, E., Tompkins, K. (1975). Selections from The Conquest of Bread. In: Capouya, E., Tompkins, K. (eds) The Essential Kropotkin. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02959-4_11
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