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... passed without the publication of a biography or a new edition of his works . His " Autobiography , " the most popular histori- cal work of America , possesses a perennial interest . It is re- plete not only with interesting incident ...
... passed without the publication of a biography or a new edition of his works . His " Autobiography , " the most popular histori- cal work of America , possesses a perennial interest . It is re- plete not only with interesting incident ...
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... passed to Latin , for which he found the " preceding languages had greatly smoothed the way . " Thus he was led by experience to recognize the truth of the maxim of Comenius , that " the nearer should precede the more remote . " Hence ...
... passed to Latin , for which he found the " preceding languages had greatly smoothed the way . " Thus he was led by experience to recognize the truth of the maxim of Comenius , that " the nearer should precede the more remote . " Hence ...
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... passed through the deep spiritual conflicts that so often , especially under the Puritan type of faith , are associated with profoundly earnest natures . But at last his spiritual struggles issued in a sweet " sense of the glorious ...
... passed through the deep spiritual conflicts that so often , especially under the Puritan type of faith , are associated with profoundly earnest natures . But at last his spiritual struggles issued in a sweet " sense of the glorious ...
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... passed . The following year he was married to Miss Pierrepont of New Haven , a lady who added to unusual intellectual gifts and at- tainments an executive ability and considerate sympathy that fitted her in an eminent degree to be the ...
... passed . The following year he was married to Miss Pierrepont of New Haven , a lady who added to unusual intellectual gifts and at- tainments an executive ability and considerate sympathy that fitted her in an eminent degree to be the ...
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... passed boldly declaring that the right of levying taxes in Vir- ginia belonged to themselves ; that they possessed the privi- lege of petitioning the king for a redress of grievances ; and that the transportation to England of persons ...
... passed boldly declaring that the right of levying taxes in Vir- ginia belonged to themselves ; that they possessed the privi- lege of petitioning the king for a redress of grievances ; and that the transportation to England of persons ...
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