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... present time , there is no better authority extant . A new era in authorship has arisen . The generations of folios have in a great measure passed away . These " sons of Anak " no longer weigh down the shelves of libraries , or burden ...
... present time , there is no better authority extant . A new era in authorship has arisen . The generations of folios have in a great measure passed away . These " sons of Anak " no longer weigh down the shelves of libraries , or burden ...
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... present and future happiness of his race . As we follow its teachings , we find it goes back into the antiquity of nations , and records their origin and progress , with a clearness to which no other volume can aspire . It shows that ...
... present and future happiness of his race . As we follow its teachings , we find it goes back into the antiquity of nations , and records their origin and progress , with a clearness to which no other volume can aspire . It shows that ...
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... present comes home to us in an aspect by no means equivocal . The duty and the destiny of America seem to have been written in a book that is yet but partially un- sealed . Enough is known , however , to indicate that she is to act no ...
... present comes home to us in an aspect by no means equivocal . The duty and the destiny of America seem to have been written in a book that is yet but partially un- sealed . Enough is known , however , to indicate that she is to act no ...
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... present time , two great nations in the world , which seem to tend towards the same end , although they started from different points I allude to the Russians and Americans . Both of them have grown up unnoticed : and whilst the ...
... present time , two great nations in the world , which seem to tend towards the same end , although they started from different points I allude to the Russians and Americans . Both of them have grown up unnoticed : and whilst the ...
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... present a faithful picture of truth . There are but few green spots in our fallen world where man has ever made any great advancement in whatever most elevates his nature and improves his happi- ness . Among these , as we shall ...
... present a faithful picture of truth . There are but few green spots in our fallen world where man has ever made any great advancement in whatever most elevates his nature and improves his happi- ness . Among these , as we shall ...
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