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The gravity of this issue cannot be measured by words.
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Sherman emphasizes the profound significance of the financial issue at hand.
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It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.
Morrill's bill is a great improvement on the tariff of 1857.
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