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... clear that democracy is drifting towards political dictator- ships . The only nation that can rival or out- strip us is the huge American Republic ; and , fortunately , our kinsmen beyond the seas are bound over to keep the peace for ...
... clear that democracy is drifting towards political dictator- ships . The only nation that can rival or out- strip us is the huge American Republic ; and , fortunately , our kinsmen beyond the seas are bound over to keep the peace for ...
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... clear - sighted statesmen who saw into futurity , and sought to anticipate demands that were just and inevitable . Not a few were unscrupulous knaves and self - seekers , who advo- cated claims that were absurd or outrageous , and threw ...
... clear - sighted statesmen who saw into futurity , and sought to anticipate demands that were just and inevitable . Not a few were unscrupulous knaves and self - seekers , who advo- cated claims that were absurd or outrageous , and threw ...
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... clear - sighted went far to justify the obstructive opposition conscientiously offered to the Bill by many who had no per- sonal interest in maintaining venerable abuses . Meanwhile , however , the Whig chiefs of the Cabinet , putting a ...
... clear - sighted went far to justify the obstructive opposition conscientiously offered to the Bill by many who had no per- sonal interest in maintaining venerable abuses . Meanwhile , however , the Whig chiefs of the Cabinet , putting a ...
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... clear that the slow old principles are exploded which associated modesty of ex- ternals with solidity of credit , and never dreamed of advertising cash reserves by the ostentation of lavish expenditure . The City is more crowded than ...
... clear that the slow old principles are exploded which associated modesty of ex- ternals with solidity of credit , and never dreamed of advertising cash reserves by the ostentation of lavish expenditure . The City is more crowded than ...
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... clear of col- lisions , as the monster craft swing slowly to the wheel . As for our infamous fogs , the voyage to Greenwich by sixpenny boat goes a long way to explain them . The funnels of the steamers are belching black smoke ; while ...
... clear of col- lisions , as the monster craft swing slowly to the wheel . As for our infamous fogs , the voyage to Greenwich by sixpenny boat goes a long way to explain them . The funnels of the steamers are belching black smoke ; while ...
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