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The country will not be really and reliably prosperous until there is a return to specie payments.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The country will not be really and reliably prosperous until there is a return to specie payments.”
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Sherman asserts that true prosperity is contingent upon returning to specie payments.
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