Quote by: William Graham Sumner

It is a beneficent incident of the ownership of land that a pioneer who reduces it to use, and helps to lay the foundations of a new State, finds a profit in the increasing value of land as the new State grows up.


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  • NameWilliam Graham Sumner
  • DescriptionAmerican academic
  • BornOctober 30, 1840
  • DiedApril 12, 1910
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAnthropologist; Political Scientist; Historian; Sociologist