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WHAT IS A 'GOOD TRUST'? by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: A GOOD TRUST' HOLDS THE GOODS IN TRUST
Last Line: IT IS NOT MADE BY LAW.
Subject(s): BUSINESS - MONOPOLIES;

"A good trust" holds the goods in trust,
Not only for itself;
The common good it will adjust
Fairly to private pelf.

"A good trust" may be trusted, then, --
And such trusts have been known, --
To guard the good of other men
As equal with its own.

And since the rules of bank and mart
Are like a vulture's claw,
A good trust must be born of heart;
It is not made by law.



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