The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... period as the years since the World War the most impartial conclusions are at the mercy of fresh evidence daily to be expected . I can only trust that the reader will not disagree with my troubled decision that to attempt that difficult ...
... period as the years since the World War the most impartial conclusions are at the mercy of fresh evidence daily to be expected . I can only trust that the reader will not disagree with my troubled decision that to attempt that difficult ...
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... period , Frenchman , Dutchman , German , gave us much of our blood and our thought ; and , later still , Norseman , Irishman , and finally Slav and Latin , besides their con- tributions in music and art , have made the sinew of our 1 ...
... period , Frenchman , Dutchman , German , gave us much of our blood and our thought ; and , later still , Norseman , Irishman , and finally Slav and Latin , besides their con- tributions in music and art , have made the sinew of our 1 ...
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... period . The earliest 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 ...
... period . The earliest 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 ...
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... period . Communication from north Difficulty to south was difficult . Colony was divided from of com- colony , or groups of colonies were divided from one another , by arms of the sea . Even when two colonies lay side by side without ...
... period . Communication from north Difficulty to south was difficult . Colony was divided from of com- colony , or groups of colonies were divided from one another , by arms of the sea . Even when two colonies lay side by side without ...
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... period . The roaming Algonkins were the largest group , but also the weakest and least civilized . Numbering from 75,000 to 100,000 souls , - thinly scattered in petty , mu- tually hostile tribes , they " haunted rather than in- habited ...
... period . The roaming Algonkins were the largest group , but also the weakest and least civilized . Numbering from 75,000 to 100,000 souls , - thinly scattered in petty , mu- tually hostile tribes , they " haunted rather than in- habited ...
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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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