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The great bankers abroad who deal in our stocks have never changed their terms one mill in a million of dollars, through any such idle fear.
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He highlights the unwavering trust of foreign bankers in American stocks despite political turmoil.

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