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At this moment we are the only large nation on the face of the earth where the mass of the people govern in theory--where they may govern in reality, if they will--where the real taxes of government, although too heavy, are but trifling, and where a majority of the population depend on their own labor for support; yet such is the condition of that large class that the fruits of their toil are inadequate to sustain themselves in comfort and rear their families as the young citizens of a republic ought to be reared.
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