The Prose Writers of America: With a Survey of the Intellectual History, Condition, and Prospects of the Country |
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... letters here ; but they are not so many nor so important as is generally sup- posed . The chief difficulty is a want of Patriotism , mainly proceeding from and perpetuated by the absence of a just law of copyright . There is indeed no ...
... letters here ; but they are not so many nor so important as is generally sup- posed . The chief difficulty is a want of Patriotism , mainly proceeding from and perpetuated by the absence of a just law of copyright . There is indeed no ...
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... letters patent from the Almighty - is held to be not his , but the public's , and therefore is not brought into use . * The foreign author , by the refusal to recognise his rights , is driven into inveterate enmity to our institutions ...
... letters patent from the Almighty - is held to be not his , but the public's , and therefore is not brought into use . * The foreign author , by the refusal to recognise his rights , is driven into inveterate enmity to our institutions ...
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... letters of George Washington , John Adams , Benjamin Franklin , Thomas Jefferson , John Jay , Gouverneur Morris , Alexander Hamilton , and some of their compa- triots , will always possess a peculiar value besides that which they derive ...
... letters of George Washington , John Adams , Benjamin Franklin , Thomas Jefferson , John Jay , Gouverneur Morris , Alexander Hamilton , and some of their compa- triots , will always possess a peculiar value besides that which they derive ...
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... letters . Mr. Calhoun is another author of the highest rank , and his works , though in many respects very different from those of the great orators I have men- tioned , are scarcely less peculiar and national . It has been too much the ...
... letters . Mr. Calhoun is another author of the highest rank , and his works , though in many respects very different from those of the great orators I have men- tioned , are scarcely less peculiar and national . It has been too much the ...
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... letters to B. Austin in 1816 , and a letter written by him on the same subject in 1823 . since for protection . Mr. Calhoun has in both periods AND PROSPECTS OF THE COUNTRY . 23.
... letters to B. Austin in 1816 , and a letter written by him on the same subject in 1823 . since for protection . Mr. Calhoun has in both periods AND PROSPECTS OF THE COUNTRY . 23.
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