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They will have nothing to sell but gold; they will have every thing to buy,--cradles and coffins, and all between.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “They will have nothing to sell but gold; they will have every thing to buy,--cradles and coffins, and all between.”
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Mann comments on the economic dynamics of a gold-based economy, emphasizing the need for various goods.
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