American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... true sense , utility must comprehend every pursuit and acquisition that can enhance human happiness , yet is it limited among us , by the prevailing sentiment , in a manner as pitiful as it is mis- taken . As a nation , we pursue ...
... true sense , utility must comprehend every pursuit and acquisition that can enhance human happiness , yet is it limited among us , by the prevailing sentiment , in a manner as pitiful as it is mis- taken . As a nation , we pursue ...
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... true , has created certain artificial desires which cus- tom almost calls necessities , and these perhaps must be gratified . Their theory , therefore , fosters agriculture , commerce , and the mechanic arts , and even the pursuits of ...
... true , has created certain artificial desires which cus- tom almost calls necessities , and these perhaps must be gratified . Their theory , therefore , fosters agriculture , commerce , and the mechanic arts , and even the pursuits of ...
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... true , since it must at last determine the relative rank of our country in intellectual accomplishment , but it is to be decided by no political regulation - no holding up of hands in the co- mitia . It is a question , differing from ...
... true , since it must at last determine the relative rank of our country in intellectual accomplishment , but it is to be decided by no political regulation - no holding up of hands in the co- mitia . It is a question , differing from ...
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... true and modest account of ourselves , and a candid exposition of the characteristics of foreign countries , may be found in the annals of the fourth of July , ab anno reipublicæ primo . From these sources , he will gather that our main ...
... true and modest account of ourselves , and a candid exposition of the characteristics of foreign countries , may be found in the annals of the fourth of July , ab anno reipublicæ primo . From these sources , he will gather that our main ...
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... true ? " Accurate knowledge of the ancient languages useless ! A waste of life to spend its best years on syllables and sounds , -mere names of things and those dead and forgotten ! Rather let us say , that it is a waste of life to stop ...
... true ? " Accurate knowledge of the ancient languages useless ! A waste of life to spend its best years on syllables and sounds , -mere names of things and those dead and forgotten ! Rather let us say , that it is a waste of life to stop ...
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