The North American Review, Volume 32O. Everett, 1831 - North American review and miscellaneous journal Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... silver , as they sometimes were in ancient statues , are of ill effect ; and still worse , coloring the entire statue . A fine engraving would be better than a colored statue . ' It would appear from these principles that portraits and ...
... silver , as they sometimes were in ancient statues , are of ill effect ; and still worse , coloring the entire statue . A fine engraving would be better than a colored statue . ' It would appear from these principles that portraits and ...
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... silver as the common value , by the interposition of which those exchanges are effected . They are the commercial wagon - way ** on which the productions of human ingenuity and labor are car- ried to market . Or they may be called the ...
... silver as the common value , by the interposition of which those exchanges are effected . They are the commercial wagon - way ** on which the productions of human ingenuity and labor are car- ried to market . Or they may be called the ...
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... silver coin a tender in payment of debts . Thus the commercial truth , that gold and silver alone are money , becomes in the United States an axiom of Constitutional law . The precious metals are adapted to this purpose because they ...
... silver coin a tender in payment of debts . Thus the commercial truth , that gold and silver alone are money , becomes in the United States an axiom of Constitutional law . The precious metals are adapted to this purpose because they ...
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... silver , would keep them in high demand , and the banks would suffer from frequent and imperious runs . Or , 3dly . the redundant currency would not be redeemed , and then the paper depreciates , but gold and silver are sought for and ...
... silver , would keep them in high demand , and the banks would suffer from frequent and imperious runs . Or , 3dly . the redundant currency would not be redeemed , and then the paper depreciates , but gold and silver are sought for and ...
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... silver always are , and , instead of any considerable depreciation , they would have been exported . 6 Indeed , we have heard no complaints in our part of the Union of the redundancy or the depreciation of gold and silver , nor yet of ...
... silver always are , and , instead of any considerable depreciation , they would have been exported . 6 Indeed , we have heard no complaints in our part of the Union of the redundancy or the depreciation of gold and silver , nor yet of ...
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