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OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF COSMOGRAPHY It is clear from astronomical demonstrations that the whole earth is a point in comparison with the entire extent of the heavens ; so that if the earth's circumference be compared to the size of the ...
OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF COSMOGRAPHY It is clear from astronomical demonstrations that the whole earth is a point in comparison with the entire extent of the heavens ; so that if the earth's circumference be compared to the size of the ...
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The reason is , that man in a natural state , subsisting by hunting , re- quires ten times the quantity of land to range over to procure himself sustenance , than would support him in a civilized state , where the earth is cultivated .
The reason is , that man in a natural state , subsisting by hunting , re- quires ten times the quantity of land to range over to procure himself sustenance , than would support him in a civilized state , where the earth is cultivated .
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fore , that when cultivation began , the idea of landed property began with it , from the impossibility of separating the improve- ment made by cultivation from the earth itself , upon which that improvement was made .
fore , that when cultivation began , the idea of landed property began with it , from the impossibility of separating the improve- ment made by cultivation from the earth itself , upon which that improvement was made .
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| Title | American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 1 American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, John Towner Frederick |
| Editors | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Compiled by | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Dec 2006 |
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