Erastus Wiman Quotes

United States, Journalist
April 21, 1834 – February, 9, 1904.

Erastus Wiman was a Canadian journalist and businessman who later moved to the United States. He is best known as a developer in the New York City borough of Staten Island.

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.

Erastus Wiman
By the end of the Twentieth Century, taxation will be reduced to a minimum, the entire world will be open to trade, and there will be no need of a standing army.

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- World
- Army
- Trade