The Science of Money and American Finances

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Excerpt from The Science of Money and American Finances: Containing a Philosophy of Money in Accordance With Scientific Principles, and Adapted to the Wants and Civilization of the Age, Also, an Analysis and History of the Financial Operations of the GovernmentThe author of the present treatise were more than human did he not experience some slight misgivings upon this, his first introduction, to the reading public. The task he has undertaken is one of no little magnitude, and in its accomplish ment he has been often reminded by well - meaning friends as well as ill-disposed enemies, that his chances of success are very small. The purpose had in view has been, in the first place, to furnish a correct and thoroughly reliable philosophy of money. Many of our most eminent statesmen freely confess themselves totally ignorant of the principles and economic laws of money, and when this is the case with statesmen, the condition of the common people in this respect must be deplorable indeed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.