Cause of and Cure for Hard Times
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Excerpt from Cause of and Cure for Hard Times: Containing a Definition of the Attributes and Qualities Indispensable in Money as a Medium of Commerce; And Also, an Investigation of the Effects of the Banking System In proportion to the weakness of men´s minds, they become susceptible of delusions of every kind. By whatever means the imbecility is produced, whether pristine ignorance, luxury, or superstition, is immaterial, the effects thence resulting are the same. Human nature, perhaps, cannot form a greater contrast, than between the old Roman republic and the modern dealers in beads and catgut, who disgrace the same ground. It staggers modern credulity to believe that men could ever be so gulled or infatuated, as to multiply their fancied deities, so as to assign guardians to the seas, forests and brooks. Well might they, who worshipped the deity of a brook, pay their adoration to the sun; and the first step being taken, the earth was soon covered with deities, so that, at length, bulls, cats and onions came to be worshipped. To do this, men must have been devoid of the least mite of reason and common sense, yet the superstitious enthusiasm that still prevails in some countries, is quite as ridiculous, and continues a badge of spiritual tyranny on the one hand, and slavery on the other, which infinitely surpasses all the fabled superstition of pagan Rome. But in these states, in this enlightened age, we boast of our liberality, and of having divested our minds of all such superstitions and prejudices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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