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... TIMOTHY O. HOWE 85 92 101 116 M. DE LESSEPS AND HIS CANAL . BY DANIEL AMMEN , Rear- Admiral , U. S. Navy 130 NOW AND THEN IN AMERICA . BY GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA 147 THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION . By JAMES C. WEL- LING ,
... TIMOTHY O. HOWE 85 92 101 116 M. DE LESSEPS AND HIS CANAL . BY DANIEL AMMEN , Rear- Admiral , U. S. Navy 130 NOW AND THEN IN AMERICA . BY GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA 147 THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION . By JAMES C. WEL- LING ,
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Allen Thorndike Rice,Edited By. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION . By JAMES C. WEL- LING , LL . D. , President of Columbian University . RECENT ENGLISH BOOKS . I. Sacred Books of China and India . II . Machiavelli and his Times . III . The ...
Allen Thorndike Rice,Edited By. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION . By JAMES C. WEL- LING , LL . D. , President of Columbian University . RECENT ENGLISH BOOKS . I. Sacred Books of China and India . II . Machiavelli and his Times . III . The ...
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... emancipation . We had to choose between emancipation and rebel- lion . We took the former as the lesser evil of the two . We dressed it up in fine phrases , as if we regarded it as a tardy act of justice . We professed unnecessary ...
... emancipation . We had to choose between emancipation and rebel- lion . We took the former as the lesser evil of the two . We dressed it up in fine phrases , as if we regarded it as a tardy act of justice . We professed unnecessary ...
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... Emancipation Act itself , which they regarded as the triumph of Latitudinarianism . The two parties were working to a common end when they thought themselves most opposed to one another . Without the revival of Catholic sentiment among ...
... Emancipation Act itself , which they regarded as the triumph of Latitudinarianism . The two parties were working to a common end when they thought themselves most opposed to one another . Without the revival of Catholic sentiment among ...
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... emancipation could not drain the bogs , build houses , plow and plant the soil , teach the owners of it wisdom , and the peasants who dwelt upon it industry , put down beggary and assassination , punish landlords who robbed their ...
... emancipation could not drain the bogs , build houses , plow and plant the soil , teach the owners of it wisdom , and the peasants who dwelt upon it industry , put down beggary and assassination , punish landlords who robbed their ...
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