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Was it worth while to travel again the round of errors, when experience had demonstrated that both metals could only be maintained in circulation together by adhering to the policy of 1853?
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Was it worth while to travel again the round of errors, when experience had demonstrated that both metals could only be…”
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Sherman questions the wisdom of revisiting past monetary policies that had proven ineffective.
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