American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1901 |
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... interest in the affairs of their times , and sufficient sense of their own importance in the eyes of pos- terity , to provide such rich material for our use . Theirs is the delinea- tor's task throughout the American History told by ...
... interest in the affairs of their times , and sufficient sense of their own importance in the eyes of pos- terity , to provide such rich material for our use . Theirs is the delinea- tor's task throughout the American History told by ...
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... interest and intention of the source - writers to speak the truth . Unless there is a distinct caution to the contrary , it will be understood that the editor selected the extracts because worthy of credit . It must not , however , be ...
... interest and intention of the source - writers to speak the truth . Unless there is a distinct caution to the contrary , it will be understood that the editor selected the extracts because worthy of credit . It must not , however , be ...
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... interest would have any influence with the people of Mexico , for they cer- tainly do not like us . Their feelings towards us may be summed up in two words , jealousy and admiration , they are not going to declare war against us , I ...
... interest would have any influence with the people of Mexico , for they cer- tainly do not like us . Their feelings towards us may be summed up in two words , jealousy and admiration , they are not going to declare war against us , I ...
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... interest . I du believe in bein ' this Or thet , ez it may happen One way or t ' other hendiest is To ketch the people nappin ' ; It aint by princerples nor men My preudunt course is steadied , - I scent wich pays the best , an ' then ...
... interest . I du believe in bein ' this Or thet , ez it may happen One way or t ' other hendiest is To ketch the people nappin ' ; It aint by princerples nor men My preudunt course is steadied , - I scent wich pays the best , an ' then ...
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... interests of the most momentous kind growing suddenly into existence , and interests , too , which in their tendency , since man first existed , have had the effect more to excite the avarice and the baser passions of the human mind ...
... interests of the most momentous kind growing suddenly into existence , and interests , too , which in their tendency , since man first existed , have had the effect more to excite the avarice and the baser passions of the human mind ...
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