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... land , mostly in the 18th- and 19th - century U.S. , culminating in the Home- stead Act of 1862. The movement was based on the philosophy that the public domain be- longed to the people and that each head of a family was entitled to a ...
... land , mostly in the 18th- and 19th - century U.S. , culminating in the Home- stead Act of 1862. The movement was based on the philosophy that the public domain be- longed to the people and that each head of a family was entitled to a ...
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... Land ) sect of Japan , played a seminal role in establishing Pure Land pietism as one of the central forms of Buddhism in Japan . Abstract of text biography . Hōnen was in- troduced to Pure Land doctrines while still a student monk at ...
... Land ) sect of Japan , played a seminal role in establishing Pure Land pietism as one of the central forms of Buddhism in Japan . Abstract of text biography . Hōnen was in- troduced to Pure Land doctrines while still a student monk at ...
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... Land were never clearly defined , but the area was commonly understood to extend from Labrador to the Rocky Mountains and from the headwaters of the Red River to Chesterfield Inlet on Hud- son Bay . The Hudson's Bay Company was a fur ...
... Land were never clearly defined , but the area was commonly understood to extend from Labrador to the Rocky Mountains and from the headwaters of the Red River to Chesterfield Inlet on Hud- son Bay . The Hudson's Bay Company was a fur ...
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