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... cause of truth is interesting to all men , and those who possess the means , however small , of preventing error , or of elu- cidating obscure facts , will confer a benefit on man- kind by communicating them to the world . Not aspiring ...
... cause of truth is interesting to all men , and those who possess the means , however small , of preventing error , or of elu- cidating obscure facts , will confer a benefit on man- kind by communicating them to the world . Not aspiring ...
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... causes . The mouth of the haven lieth open to the south , halfe a league broad , and being en- tred within it , betweene the east and the north , it stretcheth twelve leagues , where it wareth broader and broader , and maketh a gulfe ...
... causes . The mouth of the haven lieth open to the south , halfe a league broad , and being en- tred within it , betweene the east and the north , it stretcheth twelve leagues , where it wareth broader and broader , and maketh a gulfe ...
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... cause , after all that has been discovered and said of ancient fortifications , and other supposed monuments of more than savage skill and cultivation , found in our own State and elsewhere , I consider the evidence which they furnish ...
... cause , after all that has been discovered and said of ancient fortifications , and other supposed monuments of more than savage skill and cultivation , found in our own State and elsewhere , I consider the evidence which they furnish ...
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... caused him to eat with them . Then they made him reverence , and departed . " On the twenty - third of September , Hudson began to descend the river . On his way down , his men frequently went on shore and had several very friendly ...
... caused him to eat with them . Then they made him reverence , and departed . " On the twenty - third of September , Hudson began to descend the river . On his way down , his men frequently went on shore and had several very friendly ...
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... causes of any peculiar features which may appear in our national character - To exhibit , in contrast , a territory , two hundred years ago occupied by a few wandering , uncultivated tribes , with the same territory , now filled with a ...
... causes of any peculiar features which may appear in our national character - To exhibit , in contrast , a territory , two hundred years ago occupied by a few wandering , uncultivated tribes , with the same territory , now filled with a ...
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