“Instead of passing blithely over into that Promised Land, flowing almost literally with milk and honey, it may be our destiny to wander a full 40 years or more in the wilderness of doubt and divided sentiments.”

— Benjamin Graham

Part I, Chapter I, The Changing Role of Surplus Stocks, p. 4
Storage and Stability (1937)

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American investor 1894–1976

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