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... important in themselves , but intimately connected with the views of the Society . That the subjects are treated in a The Library of the Society is open on the Wednesday and Saturday of each week , under the attendance of Mr. Hutchins ...
... important in themselves , but intimately connected with the views of the Society . That the subjects are treated in a The Library of the Society is open on the Wednesday and Saturday of each week , under the attendance of Mr. Hutchins ...
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... important events in North America , before and since the Declaration of Independence of the United States . By James Mease , M. D. of Philadelphia , honorary member of the Society .... .387 OF The New - York Historical Society ...
... important events in North America , before and since the Declaration of Independence of the United States . By James Mease , M. D. of Philadelphia , honorary member of the Society .... .387 OF The New - York Historical Society ...
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... , than from the laborious research and acute dis- cussion of Hume . Many important events are on record , and however dark and doubtful the testimony of ancient chronicles , there exists a great number of authenticated facts . These 29.
... , than from the laborious research and acute dis- cussion of Hume . Many important events are on record , and however dark and doubtful the testimony of ancient chronicles , there exists a great number of authenticated facts . These 29.
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... important , a shepherd - boy was enabled to govern a mighty kingdom . From the same pure Fountain of Wisdom we learn that vice destroys freedom ; that arbitrary power is founded on public immorality , and that misconduct in those who ...
... important , a shepherd - boy was enabled to govern a mighty kingdom . From the same pure Fountain of Wisdom we learn that vice destroys freedom ; that arbitrary power is founded on public immorality , and that misconduct in those who ...
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... important politi- cal lesson : that the possession of sovereign power cor- rupts the best heart . The second Jewish king , a man peculiarly favoured by the King of kings , after leading an exemplary private life , no sooner ascends a ...
... important politi- cal lesson : that the possession of sovereign power cor- rupts the best heart . The second Jewish king , a man peculiarly favoured by the King of kings , after leading an exemplary private life , no sooner ascends a ...
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