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The currency, being of fluctuating value, and therefore unsafe to hold for legitimate transactions requiring money, became a subject of speculation within itself.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “The currency, being of fluctuating value, and therefore unsafe to hold for legitimate transactions requiring money…”
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Grant describes the instability of currency as a barrier to legitimate transactions.
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