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April 30, 2005

Quote of the day

He who sells
What isn’t his’n,
Must buy it back
Or go to prison.

               Daniel Drew (1797-1879)

(Drew himself proved the force of his dictum when he lost $500,000 to Cornelius Vanderbilt selling shares he didn't own in the New York & Harlem Railroad.)

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