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The quantity of silver commonly in the market, it is probable, is

much greater in proportion to that of gold, than the value of a

certain quantity of gold is to that of an equal quantity of

silver. The whole quantity of a cheap commodity brought to market

is commonly not only greater, but of greater value, than the

whole quantity of a dear one. The whole quantity of bread

annually brought to market, is not only greater, but of greater

value, than the whole quantity of butcher's meat; the whole

quantity of butcher's meat, than the whole quantity of poultry;

and the whole quantity of poultry, than the whole quantity of

wild fowl. There are so many more purchasers for the cheap than

for the dear commodity, that, not only a greater quantity of it,

but a greater value can commonly be disposed of.