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... authorities consulted , was sent by Mr. Grahame , in the year 1835 , to the President of Har- vard College , and was deposited in the library of that institution , to which it now belongs . It is one of the documents used in the ...
... authorities consulted , was sent by Mr. Grahame , in the year 1835 , to the President of Har- vard College , and was deposited in the library of that institution , to which it now belongs . It is one of the documents used in the ...
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... authorities , on which I have , per- haps erringly , certainly honestly , relied . I would rather be convicted of the grossest stupidity , than of the slight- est degree of wilful falsification ; for I greatly prefer moral to ...
... authorities , on which I have , per- haps erringly , certainly honestly , relied . I would rather be convicted of the grossest stupidity , than of the slight- est degree of wilful falsification ; for I greatly prefer moral to ...
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... authority of others , are subject to , or such as might naturally be expected under the peculiar cir- cumstances of ... authorities whose errors have been detected only by recent research , in some instances subsequent to the publication ...
... authority of others , are subject to , or such as might naturally be expected under the peculiar cir- cumstances of ... authorities whose errors have been detected only by recent research , in some instances subsequent to the publication ...
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... authority , although Robertson , Hutchinson , and Chalmers are referred to as general authorities at the close of the chapter . * Other writers , again , have represented in somewhat glowing colors , the hospitality which was extended ...
... authority , although Robertson , Hutchinson , and Chalmers are referred to as general authorities at the close of the chapter . * Other writers , again , have represented in somewhat glowing colors , the hospitality which was extended ...
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... authorities which Morton must have known , but which he does not appear to have regarded , and has , in other cases , made statements for which it would seem to require more than an ordinary degree of research to find any authority ...
... authorities which Morton must have known , but which he does not appear to have regarded , and has , in other cases , made statements for which it would seem to require more than an ordinary degree of research to find any authority ...
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