"The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings"
"And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned."
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Source: Alfred Marshall (2006). “Elements of Economics of Industry: Being the First Volume of Elements of Economics”, p.2, Cosimo, Inc.
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