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what they please, and its value for what theychoose. Thus gold, originally stationed inheaven with his consort silver, as Sun andMoon, having first doffed his sacred attributesand come to earth as an autocrat, may nextdescend to the sober status of a constitutionalking with a cabinet of Banks ; and it may neverbe necessary to proclaim a Republic. But thisis not yet—the evolution may be quite other-wise. The friends of gold will have to be ex-tremely wise and moderate if they are to avoida Revolution.