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... close to our own place shall be and remain that of a people akin to us , not only in blood but in some of the most enduring traditions of our national life . The critically decisive period of Anglo - American colonization , in which ...
... close to our own place shall be and remain that of a people akin to us , not only in blood but in some of the most enduring traditions of our national life . The critically decisive period of Anglo - American colonization , in which ...
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... close parallel comes to us from a Latin source . Varro ( i . 27 ) has preserved for us a Roman charm for gout or pain in the feet . The sufferer is to bow to the earth , to spit upon it , and to say thrice nine times the following charm ...
... close parallel comes to us from a Latin source . Varro ( i . 27 ) has preserved for us a Roman charm for gout or pain in the feet . The sufferer is to bow to the earth , to spit upon it , and to say thrice nine times the following charm ...
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... close student of such literature as the journals of the Asiatic Society and kindred publications ; though , whenever I have had occasion to consult them , I am always astonished at their vitality and at the number of their military ...
... close student of such literature as the journals of the Asiatic Society and kindred publications ; though , whenever I have had occasion to consult them , I am always astonished at their vitality and at the number of their military ...
Contents
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191819 | 19 |
RALEIGH LECTURE ON HISTORY 1920 THE BRITISH SOLDIER | 29 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191920 | 31 |
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