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... LIBRARY OF THE Department of Education TRANSFERRED ΤΟ HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY T 3 2044 097 039 077 ELEMENTARY OF THE HISTORY UNITED. COLLECTION OF TEXT - BOOKS Contributed by the Publishers The world as known in Columbus's time.
... LIBRARY OF THE Department of Education TRANSFERRED ΤΟ HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY T 3 2044 097 039 077 ELEMENTARY OF THE HISTORY UNITED. COLLECTION OF TEXT - BOOKS Contributed by the Publishers The world as known in Columbus's time.
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... To most American children a study of the " lives of great men " will scarcely fail to be a reminder that we also " can make our lives sublime . " CONTENTS Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America John Cabot 4 PREFACE.
... To most American children a study of the " lives of great men " will scarcely fail to be a reminder that we also " can make our lives sublime . " CONTENTS Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America John Cabot 4 PREFACE.
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James Baldwin. CONTENTS Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America John Cabot and the Discovery of North America PAGE 7 25 De Vaca and Coronado and the Exploration of the Southwest . Ferdinand de Soto and the Spanish in the South ...
James Baldwin. CONTENTS Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America John Cabot and the Discovery of North America PAGE 7 25 De Vaca and Coronado and the Exploration of the Southwest . Ferdinand de Soto and the Spanish in the South ...
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... Abraham Lincoln and the Saving of the Union Ulysses S. Grant and the Great Civil War 312 332 William McKinley and the Expansion of the Nation 345 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA I. THE WAY 6 CONTENTS.
... Abraham Lincoln and the Saving of the Union Ulysses S. Grant and the Great Civil War 312 332 William McKinley and the Expansion of the Nation 345 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA I. THE WAY 6 CONTENTS.
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... Columbus . Five hundred years ago the people of Europe had never heard of the continent which we call America . The wisest men among them had very little knowledge of the world . They knew a good deal about the countries which border ...
... Columbus . Five hundred years ago the people of Europe had never heard of the continent which we call America . The wisest men among them had very little knowledge of the world . They knew a good deal about the countries which border ...
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Page 325 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 328 - My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it — if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it — and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 303 - ... and the President of the United States should tell me that a great battle was to be fought for the liberty or slavery of the country, and asked...
Page 230 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the "First had his Cromwell — -and George the Third
Page 309 - Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience, and the aid of my fellow-citizens, I devote myself to the service of my native state, in whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword.
Page 262 - A tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his face and a cue down his back tied in an eel-skin; his dress singular; his manners those of a rough backwoodsman.
Page 276 - I wish that in an instant I could communicate the information: but three thousand miles are not passed over in an instant, and we must wait four long weeks before we can hear from each other.