The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestCollier, 1889 |
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... merely follow these two . In consequence , the mass of original material , in the shape of official reports and contemporary letters , contained in the Haldimand MSS . , the Campbell MSS . , the McAfee MSS . , the Gardoqui MSS . , the ...
... merely follow these two . In consequence , the mass of original material , in the shape of official reports and contemporary letters , contained in the Haldimand MSS . , the Campbell MSS . , the McAfee MSS . , the Gardoqui MSS . , the ...
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... mere conquest , -but there has never been another whose expan- sion has been either so broad or so rapid . At one time , many centuries ago , it seemed as if the Germanic peoples , like their Celtic foes and neighbors , would be ...
... mere conquest , -but there has never been another whose expan- sion has been either so broad or so rapid . At one time , many centuries ago , it seemed as if the Germanic peoples , like their Celtic foes and neighbors , would be ...
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... merely intruded themselves among the original and far more numerous owners of the land , ruled over them , and were absorbed by them . This happened to both Teuton and Scandinavian ; to the descend- ants of Alaric , as well as to the ...
... merely intruded themselves among the original and far more numerous owners of the land , ruled over them , and were absorbed by them . This happened to both Teuton and Scandinavian ; to the descend- ants of Alaric , as well as to the ...
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... merely overran the countries that lay in their path ; but the sea - rovers who won England to a great extent actually dis- placed the native Britons . The former were ab- sorbed by the subject - races ; the latter , on the con- trary ...
... merely overran the countries that lay in their path ; but the sea - rovers who won England to a great extent actually dis- placed the native Britons . The former were ab- sorbed by the subject - races ; the latter , on the con- trary ...
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... merely overcame and lived among the natives . They also , to their own lasting harm , committed a crime whose shortsighted folly was worse than guilt , for they brought hordes of African slaves , whose descendants now form immense ...
... merely overcame and lived among the natives . They also , to their own lasting harm , committed a crime whose shortsighted folly was worse than guilt , for they brought hordes of African slaves , whose descendants now form immense ...
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