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It defies every form of authority, but silently and surely asserts itself as a law of necessity, beyond the jurisdiction of municipal law.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “It defies every form of authority, but silently and surely asserts itself as a law of necessity, beyond the jurisdiction…”
Editor's note · Context
Sherman describes the law of value as an inevitable force that transcends governmental authority.
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