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MONEY MANIA.—THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME.

errors; and during the few remaining years of his life he constantly longed for an opportunity of again establishing the system upon a securer basis. At Law’s last interview with the prince, he is reported to have said,—“I confess that I have committed many faults. I committed them because I am a man, and all men are liable to error; but I declare to you most solemnly that none of them proceeded from wicked or dishonest motives, and that nothing of the kind will be found in the whole course of my conduct.”

A man sits in a carriage that is pulled by chickens.
LAW IN A CAR DRAWN BY COCKS. 14
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