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A nation with an extensive commerce cannot afford to invite the hazard of its employment.
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Sumner argues that nations with significant commerce should avoid the risks associated with privateering.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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