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... Society , and Politics , in Twelve Discourses . By the Rev. Orville Dewey ..... V. - Facts and Reasons in Support of Mr. Rowland Hill's Plan for a Universal Penny Postage . By W. H. Ashurst .. VI . - Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in ...
... Society , and Politics , in Twelve Discourses . By the Rev. Orville Dewey ..... V. - Facts and Reasons in Support of Mr. Rowland Hill's Plan for a Universal Penny Postage . By W. H. Ashurst .. VI . - Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in ...
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... Society , and Politics , in Twelve Discourses . By the REV . ORVILLE DEWEY . London : Charles Fox . 1838 . THE results of Mr. Dewey's visit to Europe and this country in a written form were before us some two or three years ago ; and ...
... Society , and Politics , in Twelve Discourses . By the REV . ORVILLE DEWEY . London : Charles Fox . 1838 . THE results of Mr. Dewey's visit to Europe and this country in a written form were before us some two or three years ago ; and ...
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... society , he neither could have detected all the prominent or differential points which he holds up , nor have enriched his pages as he has done . The work is one of unusual features ; but still it is one charac- teristic of the author ...
... society , he neither could have detected all the prominent or differential points which he holds up , nor have enriched his pages as he has done . The work is one of unusual features ; but still it is one charac- teristic of the author ...
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... Society , Politics , are written over the threshold . " But he takes higher ground , and maintains that it is doing the greatest possible disservice to the best interests of mankind to limit within the old conventional sphere the ...
... Society , Politics , are written over the threshold . " But he takes higher ground , and maintains that it is doing the greatest possible disservice to the best interests of mankind to limit within the old conventional sphere the ...
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... society of New Harmony men : - " It is not only expedient and right , but it is inevitable , that individual power and talent should come into play in business . A man's sagacity , it is obvious , he must use - that is to say , his mind ...
... society of New Harmony men : - " It is not only expedient and right , but it is inevitable , that individual power and talent should come into play in business . A man's sagacity , it is obvious , he must use - that is to say , his mind ...
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