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... will not be repeated in North America . Correct thinking is produced by getting correct ideas of the subject in hand , and in their proper order . When impressions are properly made upon the mind , an idea ( vii ) FOUNDATION PRINCIPLES,
... will not be repeated in North America . Correct thinking is produced by getting correct ideas of the subject in hand , and in their proper order . When impressions are properly made upon the mind , an idea ( vii ) FOUNDATION PRINCIPLES,
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... hand . NOTE : The following is the work of a pupil selected from a Final Examination held at Decatur , Illinois , in 1885 . It is but average , from a class of one hundred and eighty , obtained at the same time , and serves to ...
... hand . NOTE : The following is the work of a pupil selected from a Final Examination held at Decatur , Illinois , in 1885 . It is but average , from a class of one hundred and eighty , obtained at the same time , and serves to ...
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... hand . In the morning the commanders went ashore and took posses- sion of the land in the name of the King and Queen , naming it San Salvador . The navigators then explored to the south naming several small islands . October 28 , 1492 ...
... hand . In the morning the commanders went ashore and took posses- sion of the land in the name of the King and Queen , naming it San Salvador . The navigators then explored to the south naming several small islands . October 28 , 1492 ...
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... hand , re - arrange it in paragraphs , and have it read to the class . It is a good exercise to select some ... hands of Waldsee- Muller , a geographer of Freiburg , who published it 20 UNITED STATES HISTORY .
... hand , re - arrange it in paragraphs , and have it read to the class . It is a good exercise to select some ... hands of Waldsee- Muller , a geographer of Freiburg , who published it 20 UNITED STATES HISTORY .
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... hand read their version of the same subject . Finally , settle 2 . down on the fact that " In 1512 De Leon discovered Florida . ” Treat the discoverers in order as arranged above , in a similar manner . Do not undertake the study of ...
... hand read their version of the same subject . Finally , settle 2 . down on the fact that " In 1512 De Leon discovered Florida . ” Treat the discoverers in order as arranged above , in a similar manner . Do not undertake the study of ...
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Page 219 - ... round us As seamen know the sea; We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear; When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...
Page 229 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Page 291 - That a district of territory, not exceeding ten miles square, to be located, as hereafter directed, on the River Potomac, at some place between the mouths of the Eastern Branch and Connogocheague, be, and the same is hereby, accepted for the permanent seat of government of the United States...
Page 290 - And we declare with words of soberness, that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon...
Page 73 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 205 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Page 258 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 220 - Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads — The glitter of their rifles, The scampering of their steeds. 'Tis life to guide the fiery barb Across the moonlight plain ; 'Tis life to feel the night-wind That lifts his tossing mane.
Page 262 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Page 258 - The essential and direct end of the present defensive alliance is to maintain effectually the liberty, sovereignty, and independence absolute and unlimited, of the said United 'States, as well in matters of government as of commerce.