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Nothing short of that servitude which denies God-given rights can be more wretched than the servitude of an uncertain currency.
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He compares the wretchedness of an uncertain currency to the denial of fundamental rights.
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I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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