"It is common talk that every individual is entitled to economic security. The only animals and birds I know that have economic security are those that have been domesticated--and the economic security they have is controlled by the barbed-wire fence, the butcher's knife and the desire of others. They are milked, skinned, egged or eaten up by their protectors."
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Academics from the United StatesStanford University facultyUnited States Secretaries of the InteriorPhysicians from IowaStanford University staff
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"Ray Lyman Wilbur", The Washington Post, June 28, 1949
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Ray Lyman Wilbur
Ray Lyman Wilbur (13 April 1875 – 26 June 1949) was a medical doctor, the third president of Stanford University, and the 31st United States Secretary of the Interior.
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