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Even such a convention, while it might check the fall of silver, could not prevent the operation of that higher law which places the market value of silver above human control.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Even such a convention, while it might check the fall of silver, could not prevent the operation of that higher law…”
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Sherman warns that even an international convention may not control silver's market value.
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