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1277. CITIES, Corruption and.—

When
we get piled upon one another in large cities,
as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as in
Europe. [79]
To James Madison. Ford ed., iv, 479.
(P. Dec. 1787)


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[79]

In the Congress edition (ii, 332) this extract has
been edited so as to read: “When we get piled upon
one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall
become corrupt as in Europe, and go to eating one
another as they do there.”—Editor.