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This has been shown at all periods in our career , and has stimulated our desire
for the conquests of new lands , even without any obvious necessity for their use .
This is an infirmity of character which we share equally with the Anglo Saxon .
This has been shown at all periods in our career , and has stimulated our desire
for the conquests of new lands , even without any obvious necessity for their use .
This is an infirmity of character which we share equally with the Anglo Saxon .
Page 111
The desire of transmitting to posterity the shape of modern dress , must be
acknowledged to be purchased at a prodigious price , even the price of every
thing that is valuable in art . Working in stone is a very serious business , and it
seems ...
The desire of transmitting to posterity the shape of modern dress , must be
acknowledged to be purchased at a prodigious price , even the price of every
thing that is valuable in art . Working in stone is a very serious business , and it
seems ...
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We do not seek to dam up the stream of progress ; but we desire this progress to
be natural , and not stimulated . We are anxious to cultivate a cordial spirit
throughout the Union ; yet we have no hope of its genial diffusion , without a free
...
We do not seek to dam up the stream of progress ; but we desire this progress to
be natural , and not stimulated . We are anxious to cultivate a cordial spirit
throughout the Union ; yet we have no hope of its genial diffusion , without a free
...
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AMERICAN AGRICULTURE 273 | 121 |
GIFT BOOKS AND ANNUALS FOR 1852 | 176 |
Halus SON OF THE WILDERNESS | 426 |
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