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... gave ready credence . They forgot that the land was so plentiful that it was of little value ; that slaves were the most waste- ful form of labor ; and that a failure of the tobacco crop , pledged before it was gathered , meant ruin ...
... gave ready credence . They forgot that the land was so plentiful that it was of little value ; that slaves were the most waste- ful form of labor ; and that a failure of the tobacco crop , pledged before it was gathered , meant ruin ...
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... gave themselves little anxiety as to the future and lived in the present , very much to their own satisfaction . To the communities of trade and commerce , to the mercantile and industrial spirit of to - day , such an existence and such ...
... gave themselves little anxiety as to the future and lived in the present , very much to their own satisfaction . To the communities of trade and commerce , to the mercantile and industrial spirit of to - day , such an existence and such ...
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... gave their country soldiers , states- men , and jurists of the highest order , and fit for the great work they were asked to do . We must go back to Athens to find another instance of a so- ciety so small in numbers , and yet capable of ...
... gave their country soldiers , states- men , and jurists of the highest order , and fit for the great work they were asked to do . We must go back to Athens to find another instance of a so- ciety so small in numbers , and yet capable of ...
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... gave his name to the parish in which he dwelt . Then he died and his son Lawrence reigned in his stead , and became by his wife , Mildred Warner , the father of John , Augustine and Mildred Washington . This second son , Augustine ...
... gave his name to the parish in which he dwelt . Then he died and his son Lawrence reigned in his stead , and became by his wife , Mildred Warner , the father of John , Augustine and Mildred Washington . This second son , Augustine ...
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... gave them to the world . All this , forming of course nine tenths of his book , has passed , despite its success , into oblivion . The remaining tenth described Washington's boyhood until his four- teenth or fifteenth year , and this ...
... gave them to the world . All this , forming of course nine tenths of his book , has passed , despite its success , into oblivion . The remaining tenth described Washington's boyhood until his four- teenth or fifteenth year , and this ...
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