There is nothing which so thoroughly depletes and robs moral character of all substance-there is nothing which so effectually destroys all robust individuality-as the continuous asking of the question, "What will, people say?"
"A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century"
E. P. Roe
The uncurbed habit of running depletes almost like disease; and but few varieties will make large fruit buds and runners at the same time.
"Success With Small Fruits"
E. P. Roe
Excessive rates for call money in New York attract money from the interior banks into the speculative field; this depletes the fund that would otherwise be available for commercial uses, and commercial borrowers are forced to pay abnormal rates; so that each fall a tax, in the shape of increased interest charges, is placed on the whole commerce of the country.
"Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present"
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