The National Hand-book of American Progress: Comprising a Ready Reference Manual of Facts and Figures, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Historical, Biographical, Statistical, Documentary, Financial, PoliticalErastus Otis Haven |
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... never a Republic in the modern sense before . Greece was an aristocracy or bundle of aristocracies , the great mass of the people of the same color and race being slaves . Rome and the republics of medieval times were simply free cities ...
... never a Republic in the modern sense before . Greece was an aristocracy or bundle of aristocracies , the great mass of the people of the same color and race being slaves . Rome and the republics of medieval times were simply free cities ...
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... never been defeated and never lost territory by war or in any other way . She has gained , mostly by purchase , far more than half of the territory over which her flag now floats . All the nations of Europe have had re- bellions during ...
... never been defeated and never lost territory by war or in any other way . She has gained , mostly by purchase , far more than half of the territory over which her flag now floats . All the nations of Europe have had re- bellions during ...
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... never engage in a war , nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace , nor enter into any treat- ies or alliances , nor coin money , nor regulate the value thereof , nor ascertain the sums and expenses neces- sary OF ...
... never engage in a war , nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace , nor enter into any treat- ies or alliances , nor coin money , nor regulate the value thereof , nor ascertain the sums and expenses neces- sary OF ...
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... never hear but with veneration and love , from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predi- lection , and in my flattering hopes with an immuta- ble decision as the asylum of my declining years ; a retreat which was rendered ...
... never hear but with veneration and love , from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predi- lection , and in my flattering hopes with an immuta- ble decision as the asylum of my declining years ; a retreat which was rendered ...
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... never be expected on a nation that dis- regards the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained , and since the preserva- tion of the sacred fire of Liberty , and the destiny of the republican model of government ...
... never be expected on a nation that dis- regards the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained , and since the preserva- tion of the sacred fire of Liberty , and the destiny of the republican model of government ...
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NATL HAND-BK OF AMER PROGRESS E. O. (Erastus Otis) 1820-1881 Haven,Joseph 1823 Sanderson,T. E. (Thomas Edgar) Willson No preview available - 2016 |
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