the spirit of commerce has a tendency to soften the manners of men, and to extinguish those inflammable humors which have so often kindled into wars
—Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Papers
the spirit of commerce has a tendency to soften the manners of men, and to extinguish those inflammable humors which have so often kindled into wars
—Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Papers
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