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What does it mean?
People cherish his memory and sell pictures of his birthplace, making it profitable to cherish it.
In plain terms
People profit by selling his birthplace pictures while honoring his memory.
What can you take from it?
Commemoration can be commercialized.

Where it applies

  • museum merchandising
  • heritage tourism

Putting it to work

  • selling memorabilia
  • branding heritage

Questions to consider

  • Does profit diminish authenticity?
  • How to balance respect and revenue?

Another view

Commercial motives may cheapen genuine reverence.

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