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We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it

We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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