The American Mind: THE COLONIAL PERIOD, 1607-1761. Colonial beginnings in Virginia and New England. From A description of New England. A call for American colonists. From The generall historie of Virginia. Pocahontas |
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And in common life whosoever has seen a person of powerful character and happy genius , will have remarked how easily he took all things along with him , -the persons , the opinions , and the day , and nature became ancillary to a man .
And in common life whosoever has seen a person of powerful character and happy genius , will have remarked how easily he took all things along with him , -the persons , the opinions , and the day , and nature became ancillary to a man .
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The wise man shows his wisdom in separation , in gradation , and his scale of creatures and of merits is as wide as nature . The foolish have no range in their scale , but suppose every man is as every other man .
The wise man shows his wisdom in separation , in gradation , and his scale of creatures and of merits is as wide as nature . The foolish have no range in their scale , but suppose every man is as every other man .
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The frivolous make themselves merry with the Ideal theory , as if its consequences were burlesque ; as if it affected the stability of nature . It surely does not . God never jests with us , and will not compromise the end of nature by ...
The frivolous make themselves merry with the Ideal theory , as if its consequences were burlesque ; as if it affected the stability of nature . It surely does not . God never jests with us , and will not compromise the end of nature by ...
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INTRODUCTION TO PART I | 5 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD c 15901657 | 11 |
JOHN WINTHROP 15881649 | 19 |
Urheberrecht | |
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