Wehavealreadyseenthattheprofitoncapitalisinproportiontoitssize.Ifweignoredeliberatecompetitionforthemoment，alargecapitalaccumulatesmorerapidly，inproportiontoitssize，thandoesasmallcapital.
Thismeansthat，quiteapartfromcompetition，theaccumulationoflargecapitaltakesplaceatamuchfasterratethanthatofsmallcapital.
But，letusfollowthisprocessfurther.
Ascapitalsmultiply，theprofitsoncapitaldiminish，asaresultofcompetition.So，thefirsttosufferisthesmallcapitalist.
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