The fable of the Bees |
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Talk about kicking our system in the balls. Wow this is so pertinent to Our economic system. I love this poem
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| Title | The fable of the Bees |
| Author | Bernard de Mandeville |
| Published | 1724 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | Nov 4, 2008 |
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