Old-world Questions and New-world AnswersK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1885 - 369 pages |
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... matters there . . . . The volume before us is a useful and interesting supplement of the previous narrative . In it the author treats the industries , resources , institutions , and customs of the New World in their relation to , and as ...
... matters there . . . . The volume before us is a useful and interesting supplement of the previous narrative . In it the author treats the industries , resources , institutions , and customs of the New World in their relation to , and as ...
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... matters ; the raw material of the American people that is yet to be . The " American , " such as I would distinguish him , is a social alchemist , the inheritor of a philosopher's stone , bequeathed him by a pious , free and courageous ...
... matters ; the raw material of the American people that is yet to be . The " American , " such as I would distinguish him , is a social alchemist , the inheritor of a philosopher's stone , bequeathed him by a pious , free and courageous ...
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... Matters are very different in New England . The owners of these brass - mills and clock - shops are proud of that industry which - not only with their lips , but by their lives - they honour . Their operatives , with whom one dines at ...
... Matters are very different in New England . The owners of these brass - mills and clock - shops are proud of that industry which - not only with their lips , but by their lives - they honour . Their operatives , with whom one dines at ...
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... matters of deeper interest asked attention , we found the whole party distinguished by a habit of forming independent judgments and a power of incisive expression , such as one never meets with among irresponsible , because unemployed ...
... matters of deeper interest asked attention , we found the whole party distinguished by a habit of forming independent judgments and a power of incisive expression , such as one never meets with among irresponsible , because unemployed ...
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... matter , as upon that of mixed education , there are , as may be supposed , some differences of opinion among a religious and denominational people like the Americans . And it is , at first sight , remarkable that secular education ...
... matter , as upon that of mixed education , there are , as may be supposed , some differences of opinion among a religious and denominational people like the Americans . And it is , at first sight , remarkable that secular education ...
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