The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... colonists had command enough over nature not to be con- trolled by her to any such degree as were the early Greeks or Latins or the primitive English in their old home . Nature has counted for less , and man for more , than in Old ...
... colonists had command enough over nature not to be con- trolled by her to any such degree as were the early Greeks or Latins or the primitive English in their old home . Nature has counted for less , and man for more , than in Old ...
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... colonists who , trusting to this account , tried to settle there a little later , suffered cruelly from a winter like that of Norway . Then , too , as one goes from north to south , the climate changes more swiftly in America than in ...
... colonists who , trusting to this account , tried to settle there a little later , suffered cruelly from a winter like that of Norway . Then , too , as one goes from north to south , the climate changes more swiftly in America than in ...
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... colonists two advan- tages over their European rivals in America . Their terri- English ad- tory was both more accessible and more compact than that held by France or Spain . We some- times speak of the vast inland valleys of the St ...
... colonists two advan- tages over their European rivals in America . Their terri- English ad- tory was both more accessible and more compact than that held by France or Spain . We some- times speak of the vast inland valleys of the St ...
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... colonists ) in 1585 , now in the British Museum . The palisades must have been twelve feet high . Probably a spring of water was found inside . The fields of corn and tobacco in the rear were common property . Ceremonial dances were ...
... colonists ) in 1585 , now in the British Museum . The palisades must have been twelve feet high . Probably a spring of water was found inside . The fields of corn and tobacco in the rear were common property . Ceremonial dances were ...
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... colonist was learning the new conditions . Moreover , to clear and prepare the soil for wheat or barley took much time . Maize was a surer crop and needed less toil . The colonist learned from the Indian to raise it , at need , without ...
... colonist was learning the new conditions . Moreover , to clear and prepare the soil for wheat or barley took much time . Maize was a surer crop and needed less toil . The colonist learned from the Indian to raise it , at need , without ...
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Page 268 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Page 716 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
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