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The underlying principle of specialization is division of labor; but the term division of labor has become associated with the individual worker, whereas specialization is, in general, far reaching in its effects, and influences industrial enterprises of all kinds.

— Dexter S. Kimball

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Article in The Cornell Daily Sun, 16 Feb. 1914.

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