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Ulysses S. Grant: “These propositions are too absurd to be entertained for a moment by thinking or honest people.”

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These propositions are too absurd to be entertained for a moment by thinking or honest people.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Grant dismisses certain financial propositions as absurd and unworthy of serious consideration.

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