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It will never come, in my opinion, except by positive action by Congress, or by national disasters which will destroy, for a time at least, the credit of the individual and the State at large.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “It will never come, in my opinion, except by positive action by Congress, or by national disasters which will destroy…”
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Grant believes that only decisive congressional action or national disasters will prompt a return to a stable currency.
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