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There is strong reason why this is the very moment for this effort.
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He identifies the current moment as a critical opportunity for financial reform.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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.
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.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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