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The country was not exhausted and depleted as it was after the panic of 1837, but the business community had no courage, energy was paralyzed, and new enterprises were at a stand-still.
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Blaine contrasts the economic conditions following the 1857 panic with those after the 1837 panic, noting a lack of entrepreneurial spirit.
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