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I trust the time is far distant when such sweeping internal taxation will be required again, but if it should come, the Congress of that day can find in our experience resources more bountiful than Aladdin's lamp.
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Sherman expresses hope that sweeping internal taxation will not be needed again, referencing past experiences.
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