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Then, again, in the final provision, that for every bank-note issued a greenback shall be withdrawn, you find the great highway to specie payments.
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Sumner explains how the proposed banking system facilitates a transition to specie payments.
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Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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