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This is an advantage and a blessing which the poor man enjoys in no other country.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “This is an advantage and a blessing which the poor man enjoys in no other country.”
Editor's note · Context
Sherman asserts that the opportunities available to the poor in America are unmatched elsewhere.
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