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The damage which the passage of this measure will do to our public credit abroad cannot be over estimated.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The damage which the passage of this measure will do to our public credit abroad cannot be over estimated.”
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Sherman warns about the potential damage to public credit from a specific legislative measure.
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