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... things in gene- ral ; but there were some points on which we did agree , and do agree , thoroughly . We both be- lieve that there is such a thing possible as good government , and that it would decidedly be de- sirable that men should ...
... things in gene- ral ; but there were some points on which we did agree , and do agree , thoroughly . We both be- lieve that there is such a thing possible as good government , and that it would decidedly be de- sirable that men should ...
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... thing I have ever read about New Spain con- vinces me that I have not in the slightest degree exaggerated the wonders and the glories of ancient Mexico . The records for this history are immensely voluminous . There are , if I re ...
... thing I have ever read about New Spain con- vinces me that I have not in the slightest degree exaggerated the wonders and the glories of ancient Mexico . The records for this history are immensely voluminous . There are , if I re ...
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... wit has said that it is the peculiar privilege of Englishmen to skip any- thing in a book which they do not choose to read . Foot - notes are easily skipped ; and those persons X DEDICATION . who do not care to verify a.
... wit has said that it is the peculiar privilege of Englishmen to skip any- thing in a book which they do not choose to read . Foot - notes are easily skipped ; and those persons X DEDICATION . who do not care to verify a.
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... thing called " fame " may be worth , they must inevitably be blessed or cursed with the possession of it . Their fame , too , must ever be more large and more lasting than the fame of any other discoverers and any other conquerors ...
... thing called " fame " may be worth , they must inevitably be blessed or cursed with the possession of it . Their fame , too , must ever be more large and more lasting than the fame of any other discoverers and any other conquerors ...
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... have said that he was cruel in conduct , but not in disposition . This statement requires ex- planation . Cortes was a man who always de- termined to go through with the thing he had CHARACTER OF CORTES . 5 once resolved to do .
... have said that he was cruel in conduct , but not in disposition . This statement requires ex- planation . Cortes was a man who always de- termined to go through with the thing he had CHARACTER OF CORTES . 5 once resolved to do .
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