Greg Steinmetz
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“When he died in 1525, his fortune came to just under 2 percent of European economic output. Not even John D. Rockefeller could claim that kind of wealth.”
― The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger
― The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger
“Die Luft der Freiheit weht (The wind of freedom stirs). Since 1906, that obscure German phrase has encircled the Stanford Tree in the school emblem.”
― The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger
― The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger
“In Palo Alto, David Starr Jordan found parallels between Hutten’s struggles and his own fight for academic freedom. There was one phrase of Hutten’s that particularly resonated. Die Luft der Freiheit weht (The wind of freedom stirs). Since 1906, that obscure German phrase has encircled the Stanford Tree in the school emblem.”
― The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger
― The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger
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