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Paper money will invariably operate in the body of politics as spirit liquors on the human body. They prey on the vitals and ultimately destroy them

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George Washington
Age: 67 †
Born: 1732
Born: February 22
Died: 1799
Died: December 14
1St U.S. President
Cartographer
Engineer
Farmer
Land Surveyor
Military Officer
Politician
Slaveholder
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Westmoreland County
Virginia
Washington
President Washington
G. Washington
Father of the United States
The American Fabius
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Paper
Vitals
Politics
Liquors
Spirit
Invariably
Money
Liquor
Body
Operate
Human
Prey
Humans
Ultimately

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