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" Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. "

Thomas Jefferson

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" My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. "

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