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... lived here were Indians . No one can tell how long the land might have remained wild and un- settled had it not been for a wise , brave man whose name was Christopher Columbus . Five hundred years ago the people of Europe had never ...
... lived here were Indians . No one can tell how long the land might have remained wild and un- settled had it not been for a wise , brave man whose name was Christopher Columbus . Five hundred years ago the people of Europe had never ...
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... lived for a time on one of the Madeira islands , and studied the ocean . He sailed to the Far North , to the frozen shores of Iceland . Then for a while he made his home in Portugal , where he busied himself making maps and charts ...
... lived for a time on one of the Madeira islands , and studied the ocean . He sailed to the Far North , to the frozen shores of Iceland . Then for a while he made his home in Portugal , where he busied himself making maps and charts ...
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... lived about eighteen months after returning from his last voyage . He was almost alone , sick and in poverty . At length , on the 20th day of May , 1506 , he died . Very few people knew of his death , or cared when they heard about it ...
... lived about eighteen months after returning from his last voyage . He was almost alone , sick and in poverty . At length , on the 20th day of May , 1506 , he died . Very few people knew of his death , or cared when they heard about it ...
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... lived in well - made houses , and wore clothing of cotton cloth variously colored . They had beautiful gardens and farms , and fine public roads , and villages and cities , and strange temples and treasure- houses filled with gold ...
... lived in well - made houses , and wore clothing of cotton cloth variously colored . They had beautiful gardens and farms , and fine public roads , and villages and cities , and strange temples and treasure- houses filled with gold ...
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... lived a brave sailor lad whose name was Francis Drake . This boy loved the sea . His first home was the hulk of an old ship that lay on the beach by Plymouth harbor . The first sound that he re- membered was that of roaring winds and ...
... lived a brave sailor lad whose name was Francis Drake . This boy loved the sea . His first home was the hulk of an old ship that lay on the beach by Plymouth harbor . The first sound that he re- membered was that of roaring winds and ...
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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.