All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead a…

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All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former. ✨ James Madison (1867). 1769-1793, p.504
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All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former. ✨ James Madison (1867). 1769-1793, p.504

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