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| Eugene V. Debs on Competition |
| Competition was natural enough at one time, but do you think you are competing today? Many of you think you are competing. Against whom? Against Rockefeller? About as I would if I had a wheelbarrow and competed with the Santa Fe from here to Kansas City. |
| Questions: |
| 1. To whom were these remarks meant to appeal? |
| 2. Evaluate the effectiveness of Debs's analogy. |
| 3. Imagine that you are living in the time of Eugene V. Debs. How might you react to this statement as a factory worker? How might your reaction be different if you were the owner of a large corporation? Explain your answer. |
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