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from what I understand it should be (b) seems more like it's to protect the statement
In 1800s life in the US was not easy. The lands was big, wild and still mostly untamed. The travel was slow and often wrought with peril as the dangers loomed on the roads, if there were any at all. Most of the Americans, two thirds of them in fact lived near the Atlantic coast and that is within 50 miles of it. Also, west of the Appalachian mounts only one tenth of the Americans lived there.
Because an investment takes time to mature- if you need the money in the next five years you shouldn't be investing it you should be saving it. Also, you may not have a successful investment and may not receive anything back.
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