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Commercial modes of exchange and a good currency are but the necessary means of commerce and intercourse, not the direct productive sources of wealth.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

He explains that good currency and exchange methods are essential but not the sources of wealth.

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