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You pamper the morbid appetite for paper money, and play the discarded part of John Law.
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Sumner uses a metaphor to criticize the excessive reliance on paper money, likening it to a dangerous addiction.
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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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