A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions. Part second, Band 2Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839 |
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... examine on this point , as I consider it to be a rule - of - three calculation . Give me the extent of the population , and I can estimate the degree of purity . Mankind demoralize each other by collision ; and the larger the numbers ...
... examine on this point , as I consider it to be a rule - of - three calculation . Give me the extent of the population , and I can estimate the degree of purity . Mankind demoralize each other by collision ; and the larger the numbers ...
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... examine and calculate the standard of morality in a country , we must look elsewhere . " " Where ? " " To the lower class of society , and not to the highest . I presume you are aware that there is a greater proportion of unfortunate ...
... examine and calculate the standard of morality in a country , we must look elsewhere . " " Where ? " " To the lower class of society , and not to the highest . I presume you are aware that there is a greater proportion of unfortunate ...
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... examining into it , it should be borne in mind that there is much less excuse for vice in America than in the Old Countries . Poverty is but too often the mother of crime , and in America it may be said that there is no poverty to offer ...
... examining into it , it should be borne in mind that there is much less excuse for vice in America than in the Old Countries . Poverty is but too often the mother of crime , and in America it may be said that there is no poverty to offer ...
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... examine what Mr. Van Buren says in his last message . First , he humbly acknowledges their power . " A national bank , " he tells them , " would im- pair the rightful supremacy of the popular will . ” And this he follows up with that ...
... examine what Mr. Van Buren says in his last message . First , he humbly acknowledges their power . " A national bank , " he tells them , " would im- pair the rightful supremacy of the popular will . ” And this he follows up with that ...
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... examined the sculls of many Americans , and that he had never fallen in with such thick- headed fellows in his life . This was quite sufficient - the English operator was obliged to clear out as fast as he could , and try his fortune ...
... examined the sculls of many Americans , and that he had never fallen in with such thick- headed fellows in his life . This was quite sufficient - the English operator was obliged to clear out as fast as he could , and try his fortune ...
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