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... instances consumed , but with how different a result ! In the former case the viands are eaten , the music ceases , the garlands fade , the guests have enjoyed their revel . Nothing beyond the pleasure of the hour has been the result of ...
... instances consumed , but with how different a result ! In the former case the viands are eaten , the music ceases , the garlands fade , the guests have enjoyed their revel . Nothing beyond the pleasure of the hour has been the result of ...
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... instances been the policy of governments to nurse up and foster some parti- cular branch of industry , influenced , it may be , by views of national expediency , that have been sup- posed paramount to mere economical considerations . By ...
... instances been the policy of governments to nurse up and foster some parti- cular branch of industry , influenced , it may be , by views of national expediency , that have been sup- posed paramount to mere economical considerations . By ...
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... instance with some harshness of language , and with that austere determination which sprung from his own strong conviction of its truth , produced on various minds very different effects . On the one hand , the ability and research ...
... instance with some harshness of language , and with that austere determination which sprung from his own strong conviction of its truth , produced on various minds very different effects . On the one hand , the ability and research ...
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... instances of rapidly increasing numbers that the world has seen in recent times , are those of the United States , and some of the Austra- lian colonies ; the countries in which the wealth derived from the mineral treasures of the soil ...
... instances of rapidly increasing numbers that the world has seen in recent times , are those of the United States , and some of the Austra- lian colonies ; the countries in which the wealth derived from the mineral treasures of the soil ...
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... instances , are the descending steps of national declension . To attempt to arrest them by remedies addressed to the repro- ductive propensities of man's nature , must be regarded as one of the fondest dreams of political empiricism ...
... instances , are the descending steps of national declension . To attempt to arrest them by remedies addressed to the repro- ductive propensities of man's nature , must be regarded as one of the fondest dreams of political empiricism ...
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