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Here again the opportunity was lost to secure the easy and natural appreciation of our notes to the gold standard.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Here again the opportunity was lost to secure the easy and natural appreciation of our notes to the gold standard.”
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Sherman laments the missed opportunity to align currency with the gold standard after the war.
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