In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.

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I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, bold I can meet, perhaps may...

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, bold I can meet, perhaps may...

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me,...

But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me,...

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.