They are now in almost every market-town: and this circumstance (whether the thing be carried to an excess or not) demonstrates the astonishing increase of private confidence, of general circulation, and of internal commerce,--an increase out of all proportion to the growth of the foreign trade.
Burke highlights the remarkable growth of domestic credit and commerce in England compared to its foreign trade.
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