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Our annual expenditures at that time were four times the amount of our currency; were three times the aggregate coin of the country; were greater than any ever borne by any nation in ancient or in modern times.
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Sherman describes the unprecedented scale of government expenditures compared to the nation's currency and coin supply.
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