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... natural resources within ourselves , the results will not be against us as a maritime nation . If ministers would only practice what they profess , and perfect their policy , by granting just laws and unfettered action , so that our ...
... natural resources within ourselves , the results will not be against us as a maritime nation . If ministers would only practice what they profess , and perfect their policy , by granting just laws and unfettered action , so that our ...
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... nature and constitu- tion . Those of our readers who subscribe towards its maintenance can judge for themselves ; and , if they con- sider our views sound , insist upon a change . When the operations of the Societies of the two Register ...
... nature and constitu- tion . Those of our readers who subscribe towards its maintenance can judge for themselves ; and , if they con- sider our views sound , insist upon a change . When the operations of the Societies of the two Register ...
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... nature . They are not liable to decay from dry rot , or im- proper care and ventilation . Of their durability we can , it is true , as yet say but little ; but , judging by the time steam - vessels built of iron have been afloat , we ...
... nature . They are not liable to decay from dry rot , or im- proper care and ventilation . Of their durability we can , it is true , as yet say but little ; but , judging by the time steam - vessels built of iron have been afloat , we ...
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... not possess , they are to be burdened with vexatious , unequal , and oppressive enact- ments , or that , possessing so great natural resources , it is ―― not at all necessary for them to revise the laws 70 THE PROGRESS OF SHIPBUILDING .
... not possess , they are to be burdened with vexatious , unequal , and oppressive enact- ments , or that , possessing so great natural resources , it is ―― not at all necessary for them to revise the laws 70 THE PROGRESS OF SHIPBUILDING .
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... natural resources . If iron possesses the marked advan- tages over wood , which we believe it will ere long be found to do , in the construction of our merchant ships , the effects will be greater than our readers may at first imagine ...
... natural resources . If iron possesses the marked advan- tages over wood , which we believe it will ere long be found to do , in the construction of our merchant ships , the effects will be greater than our readers may at first imagine ...
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