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... admiration , in the repulsion as the sympathy of foreign wri- ters , during the memorable conflict ; for selfish fear , interested motives , or base jealousy inspired their bitter comments far more than speculative indifference ; while ...
... admiration , in the repulsion as the sympathy of foreign wri- ters , during the memorable conflict ; for selfish fear , interested motives , or base jealousy inspired their bitter comments far more than speculative indifference ; while ...
Page 43
... admiration and fill the chronicles of the mission- ary explorers . Even a rapid transit brings these associations home to the mind . On one occasion , as our train stopped on the edge of a rolling prairie , whose treeless , undulating ...
... admiration and fill the chronicles of the mission- ary explorers . Even a rapid transit brings these associations home to the mind . On one occasion , as our train stopped on the edge of a rolling prairie , whose treeless , undulating ...
Page 57
... admirable pioneers and explorers ; with enough imagination to enjoy and describe nature , and sympathy adequate to put them in relation with the races they aimed to convert , more or less preliminary study enabled them to note the ...
... admirable pioneers and explorers ; with enough imagination to enjoy and describe nature , and sympathy adequate to put them in relation with the races they aimed to convert , more or less preliminary study enabled them to note the ...
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... admiration of Washington , or more truly described his bearing and principles . Some of his observa- tions are full of interest for those who delight to trace na- tional character and local influence to their sources . Here an anecdote ...
... admiration of Washington , or more truly described his bearing and principles . Some of his observa- tions are full of interest for those who delight to trace na- tional character and local influence to their sources . Here an anecdote ...
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... admiration from this soldier and nobleman than its simplicity ; it is the constant theme of his eulogy ; but this beautiful quality did not strike him as spontaneous and can- did in the Quakers whom he met in the city of brotherly love ...
... admiration from this soldier and nobleman than its simplicity ; it is the constant theme of his eulogy ; but this beautiful quality did not strike him as spontaneous and can- did in the Quakers whom he met in the city of brotherly love ...
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