Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... opinion , that , by the la- bour of slaves , America may possibly vie in cheap- ness of manufactures with Britain . The labour of slaves can never be so cheap here as the labour of working men is in Britain . Any one may compute it ...
... opinion , that , by the la- bour of slaves , America may possibly vie in cheap- ness of manufactures with Britain . The labour of slaves can never be so cheap here as the labour of working men is in Britain . Any one may compute it ...
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... opinion about the means . I think the best way of doing good to the poor is , not making them easy in poverty , but leading or driving them out of it . In my youth I travelled much , and I observed , in different countries , that the ...
... opinion about the means . I think the best way of doing good to the poor is , not making them easy in poverty , but leading or driving them out of it . In my youth I travelled much , and I observed , in different countries , that the ...
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... opinion of our people and their manners by what is seen among the inhabitants of the sea - ports , is judging from an improper sample . The people of the trading towns may be rich and luxurious , while the country possesses all the ...
... opinion of our people and their manners by what is seen among the inhabitants of the sea - ports , is judging from an improper sample . The people of the trading towns may be rich and luxurious , while the country possesses all the ...
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... opinion that a military man is not to inquire whe- ther a war be just or unjust : he is to execute his orders . All princes who are disposed to become tyrants must probably approve of this opinion , and be willing to establish it : but ...
... opinion that a military man is not to inquire whe- ther a war be just or unjust : he is to execute his orders . All princes who are disposed to become tyrants must probably approve of this opinion , and be willing to establish it : but ...
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... opinions and resolutious , may we not venture to predict , from this account , that the petitions to the parliament of England for abolishing the slave trade , to say nothing of other legislatures , and the debates upon them , will have ...
... opinions and resolutious , may we not venture to predict , from this account , that the petitions to the parliament of England for abolishing the slave trade , to say nothing of other legislatures , and the debates upon them , will have ...
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