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... Africa , 128 CHAPTER XIII . The present state of America , 141 CHAPTER XIV . The importance of Historical Knowledge , 215 SUBSCRIBERS NAMES , 229 is AN HISTORICAL COMPEND . CHAPTER I. ** BRIEF HISTORICAL VIEW CONTENTS .
... Africa , 128 CHAPTER XIII . The present state of America , 141 CHAPTER XIV . The importance of Historical Knowledge , 215 SUBSCRIBERS NAMES , 229 is AN HISTORICAL COMPEND . CHAPTER I. ** BRIEF HISTORICAL VIEW CONTENTS .
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... America were ruined . In imitation of their mother country , they despised every pursuit but that of dig ging up the shining ore . They despised agricul- ture - they neglected commerce - they disregarded every art and every science but ...
... America were ruined . In imitation of their mother country , they despised every pursuit but that of dig ging up the shining ore . They despised agricul- ture - they neglected commerce - they disregarded every art and every science but ...
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... they had witnessed ; and they affected , most powerfully , the imaginations of that gay and volatile people with dreams of fancied bliss . And they said to themselves , " shall the Americans , alone , be free ; 46 AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
... they had witnessed ; and they affected , most powerfully , the imaginations of that gay and volatile people with dreams of fancied bliss . And they said to themselves , " shall the Americans , alone , be free ; 46 AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
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... Americans , alone , be free ; and must Frenchmen forever groan with painful servitude ? " Each peasant became a politician , and freedom was all his theme . Liberty inspired the speculations of the philosopher .... the maxims and dogmas ...
... Americans , alone , be free ; and must Frenchmen forever groan with painful servitude ? " Each peasant became a politician , and freedom was all his theme . Liberty inspired the speculations of the philosopher .... the maxims and dogmas ...
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... America are , and have been in every age , far more savage , and sunk much deeper on the scale of reason than those of Asia . Indeed , it has been affirmed by some , that a savage nation never AN HISTORICAL COMPEND . 123.
... America are , and have been in every age , far more savage , and sunk much deeper on the scale of reason than those of Asia . Indeed , it has been affirmed by some , that a savage nation never AN HISTORICAL COMPEND . 123.
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