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Page 54
... tillage , to make it yield the very largest resources compatible with the population of the country . The measure now before us will secure this object by giving inde- pendent homesteads to the greatest number of cultivators , thus ...
... tillage , to make it yield the very largest resources compatible with the population of the country . The measure now before us will secure this object by giving inde- pendent homesteads to the greatest number of cultivators , thus ...
Page 55
... tillage was at first carried on by slaves , then by villains , then by metayers , and finally by farmers ; the improvement of those countries keeping pace with these progressive changes in the condition of the cultivator . The same ...
... tillage was at first carried on by slaves , then by villains , then by metayers , and finally by farmers ; the improvement of those countries keeping pace with these progressive changes in the condition of the cultivator . The same ...
Page 62
... tillage of the soil was the primeval employment of man . Of all arts , it is the most useful and necessary . It has justly been styled the nursing father of the State ; for in civilized countries all are equally dependent upon it for ...
... tillage of the soil was the primeval employment of man . Of all arts , it is the most useful and necessary . It has justly been styled the nursing father of the State ; for in civilized countries all are equally dependent upon it for ...
Page 269
... a pampered oligarchy , you want small farms , thrifty tillage , free schools , social independence , flourishing manufactures and the arts , respect for honest labor , and equality of political rights DANGERS AND DUTIES OF THE HOUR . 269.
... a pampered oligarchy , you want small farms , thrifty tillage , free schools , social independence , flourishing manufactures and the arts , respect for honest labor , and equality of political rights DANGERS AND DUTIES OF THE HOUR . 269.
Page 357
... tillage , free schools , closely associated communities , social independence , respect for honest labor , and equality of political rights . " All these blessings must follow , if only the nation , having vanquished its enemies , will ...
... tillage , free schools , closely associated communities , social independence , respect for honest labor , and equality of political rights . " All these blessings must follow , if only the nation , having vanquished its enemies , will ...
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