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Page xliv
He maintained that the surplus labor of foreign lands should be employed to advantage in developing the natural resources of this country . Instead of shutting our doors upon the down - trodden emigrant , he insisted that we should ...
He maintained that the surplus labor of foreign lands should be employed to advantage in developing the natural resources of this country . Instead of shutting our doors upon the down - trodden emigrant , he insisted that we should ...
Page xlvi
The lands on this tract had not been granted in fee to settlers , as elsewhere , but had been farmed out on perpetual leases , securing annuities to the proprietor , ( denominated the Patroon , ) payable in kind and in labor , See Vol .
The lands on this tract had not been granted in fee to settlers , as elsewhere , but had been farmed out on perpetual leases , securing annuities to the proprietor , ( denominated the Patroon , ) payable in kind and in labor , See Vol .
Page lvi
Husbandry of the one is economy of the other , and either is equivalent to the economy of labor . Railroads effect a saving of time and money ; and notwithstanding all the incredulity and opposition they encounter , they will henceforth ...
Husbandry of the one is economy of the other , and either is equivalent to the economy of labor . Railroads effect a saving of time and money ; and notwithstanding all the incredulity and opposition they encounter , they will henceforth ...
Page lxxiii
At the expiration of a month , Wyatt was convicted and sentenced to be executed . Moral insanity was thus , so far as the verdict of a jury could go , judicially abolished . Gov. Seward devoted four weeks of uninterrupted labor to ...
At the expiration of a month , Wyatt was convicted and sentenced to be executed . Moral insanity was thus , so far as the verdict of a jury could go , judicially abolished . Gov. Seward devoted four weeks of uninterrupted labor to ...
Page lxxiv
And having received from conscience a prompt and decisive reply , he unhesitatingly proceeded to the labor thus enjoined upon him , without delaying to consult interest , or popular favor , or any of the consequences that might ensue .
And having received from conscience a prompt and decisive reply , he unhesitatingly proceeded to the labor thus enjoined upon him , without delaying to consult interest , or popular favor , or any of the consequences that might ensue .
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2009 |
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