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2. The second of the two distinguishable additions
made by the proposed increase to the mass of national) capital
is that which it makes by the
period at the expiration of which the redemption
of the National Debt will have been compleated.
That an addition of
£100 to the mass of
national capital — an addition to the value of £100 once paid — is the result of every £100
paid in discharge of the National Debt — is a
proposition which, though hitherto it seems to
have created engaged but little, if any, attention, will be
assented to, almost as soon as mentioned. That
the putting of money into mens hands on this occasion in lieu
of the income they are obliged to part with has
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