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Americans tended to look upon the cultivators of the earth as the foundation upon which a virtuous American Republic would be built. "Those who labor the earth," Jefferson wrote, "are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen ...
Americans tended to look upon the cultivators of the earth as the foundation upon which a virtuous American Republic would be built. "Those who labor the earth," Jefferson wrote, "are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen ...
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I would not venture to say how common this doubt was , but it certainly exists , and there is no question but that some of the thoughtfulest and best Americans are beginning to look toward Altruria as the only alternative from Europe .
I would not venture to say how common this doubt was , but it certainly exists , and there is no question but that some of the thoughtfulest and best Americans are beginning to look toward Altruria as the only alternative from Europe .
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But it is not possible for all the small merchants and manufacturers to be disposed of in this way , and it is to such of these as perceive the fact , that the good cause can look for help . They have already fully imagined the ...
But it is not possible for all the small merchants and manufacturers to be disposed of in this way , and it is to such of these as perceive the fact , that the good cause can look for help . They have already fully imagined the ...
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Contents
Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
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