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Either expedient would do greater harm to the public at large than any possible benefit to debtors.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Either expedient would do greater harm to the public at large than any possible benefit to debtors.”
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Sherman believes that both proposed expedients would harm the public more than help debtors.
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