Note 1733 — ARTICLE I (continued 7)
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One reason for this is indicated in the following passage from Justice Field's opinion for the Court in Paul v. Virginia, decided in 1869: "At the present day corporations are multiplied to an almost indefinite extent. There is scarcely a business pursued requiring the expenditure of large capital, or the union of large numbers, that is not carried on by corporations. It is not too much to say that the wealth and business of the country are to a great extent controlled by them." 8 Wall. 168, 181-182.