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| Title | The Trust Problem |
| Author | Edward Dana Durand |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, 1914 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Oct 19, 2007 |
| Length | 145 pages |
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