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If the growths of a country find their way out of it; the manufactures of the country where they go will infallibly find their way into it.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “If the growths of a country find their way out of it; the manufactures of the country where they go will infallibly find…”
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Franklin emphasizes the interdependence of trade and manufacturing in economies.
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