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The multitude of local banks intensified both these manias by every device that guile and avarice could suggest.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The multitude of local banks intensified both these manias by every device that guile and avarice could suggest.”
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Beveridge critiques how local banks fueled speculative manias through deceitful practices.
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