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It undermines the virtues necessary for the support of the social system, and encourages propensities destructive of its happiness.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “It undermines the virtues necessary for the support of the social system, and encourages propensities destructive of its…”
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Sherman believes that a disordered currency undermines social virtues and happiness.
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