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The knowledge of figures was much posteriour to that of letters , and though the use of the latter is generally known , the former is still in its infancy : men in a savage primeval state can make long speeches , and yet are not able to ...
The knowledge of figures was much posteriour to that of letters , and though the use of the latter is generally known , the former is still in its infancy : men in a savage primeval state can make long speeches , and yet are not able to ...
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It has even been our fortune to impose obligations on others , and there are services of our citizens which are now better known than their names . There are some things which , if gathered from the ashes of obscurity , might serve to ...
It has even been our fortune to impose obligations on others , and there are services of our citizens which are now better known than their names . There are some things which , if gathered from the ashes of obscurity , might serve to ...
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It is believed that they are not susceptible of interpretation by any man living ; but that they extend our researches far beyond the era of history or the period of known symbols . This conclusion , derived from the face of the ...
It is believed that they are not susceptible of interpretation by any man living ; but that they extend our researches far beyond the era of history or the period of known symbols . This conclusion , derived from the face of the ...
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Contents
Adams President letter from | 48 |
in Rhyme | 68 |
Lines from London Morning | 76 |
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| Title | North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 4 |
| Editors | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Publisher | University of Northern Iowa, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2020 |
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