The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 |
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... whole domin- ion , continuous , compact , and inseparable . We need scarcely say that its climate is salubrious , and that its land and waters are rich in stores for the supply of human wants in every stage and condition of social life ...
... whole domin- ion , continuous , compact , and inseparable . We need scarcely say that its climate is salubrious , and that its land and waters are rich in stores for the supply of human wants in every stage and condition of social life ...
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... whole continent and its islands in colonial vassalage to paternal states in Europe . We were without a navy , and without canals or roads , and were hemmed in between the forest and the ocean by savage tribes . Our schools gave scarcely ...
... whole continent and its islands in colonial vassalage to paternal states in Europe . We were without a navy , and without canals or roads , and were hemmed in between the forest and the ocean by savage tribes . Our schools gave scarcely ...
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... whole na- tion , are an educated , rural population , possessing property , and dispersed widely , reflecting singly , and acting individually . The day on which the constitution of a state , or the administration of the Union , is ...
... whole na- tion , are an educated , rural population , possessing property , and dispersed widely , reflecting singly , and acting individually . The day on which the constitution of a state , or the administration of the Union , is ...
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... whole army . And now an hour of trial arrived . He was as yet only twenty- one years old , but his manly bravery , his proved valor , his generous enthusiasm , and his precocious prudence , had secured to him the esteem and confidence ...
... whole army . And now an hour of trial arrived . He was as yet only twenty- one years old , but his manly bravery , his proved valor , his generous enthusiasm , and his precocious prudence , had secured to him the esteem and confidence ...
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... whole world , for a short period , in deep suspense for her safety , at last brought it into a death struggle for its own . Mankind now everywhere accord to him this distinction among the actors of that great drama , viz .: that he was ...
... whole world , for a short period , in deep suspense for her safety , at last brought it into a death struggle for its own . Mankind now everywhere accord to him this distinction among the actors of that great drama , viz .: that he was ...
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