[ExI] Efficiency of algorithmic trading

[BillK]

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Kelly Anderson wrote:
> "You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot
> strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about
> prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up
> by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of
> man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage
> by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help
> people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do
> for themselves."
>   -Abraham Lincoln
>
>


This was, of course, not written by Abraham Lincoln.

It was written by a Presbyterian minister and his list of pithy maxims
became wildly popular, especially by the rich who loved quoting the
first line.

<http://www.snopes.com/quotes/lincoln/prosperity.asp>
The Rev. William John Henry Boetcker was a Presbyterian minister and
notable public speaker who served as director of the pro-employer
Citizens' Industrial Alliance, a position he held when, in 1916, he
produced a booklet of "nuggets" from his lectures, which included
maxims such as "We cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong"
and "We cannot help the poor by kicking the rich."
etc.....



BillK