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Quotation by Alice Foote MacDougall
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The Autobiography of a Business Woman (1928)
... the selfishness that is bred of great success is our shame. We have subdued the wilderness and made it ours. We have conquered the earth and the richness thereof. We have indelibly stamped upon its face the seal of our dominating will. Now, unlike Alexander sighing for more worlds to conquer, we should address ourselves to adding beauty to that glory and grandeur.
Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945), U.S. businesswoman. The Autobiography of a Business Woman, ch. 6 (1928).
MacDougall was a highly successful, self-made merchant and restaurateur in New York City.
MacDougall was a highly successful, self-made merchant and restaurateur in New York City.
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