A Popular History of the United States: From the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen to the End of the Civil War : Preceded by a Sketch of the Prehistoric Period and the Age of the Mound Builders, Volume 1Scribner, 1881 - United States |
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... like the future oak wrapped up in the acorn , lay the peculiar form of government which distinguishes our republic among the nations , and that from what may be called the ac- cidental formation of these communities , small at first ,
... like the future oak wrapped up in the acorn , lay the peculiar form of government which distinguishes our republic among the nations , and that from what may be called the ac- cidental formation of these communities , small at first ,
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... called Atlantis , " larger an Atlantic than Asia [ Minor ] and Libya combined , " lying beyond the Pillars of Hercules , inhabited by a powerful and warlike people , and which was destroyed by earthquakes and floods nine thousand years ...
... called Atlantis , " larger an Atlantic than Asia [ Minor ] and Libya combined , " lying beyond the Pillars of Hercules , inhabited by a powerful and warlike people , and which was destroyed by earthquakes and floods nine thousand years ...
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... called the Big Elephant Mound , found in Wisconsin a few miles below the mouth of the Wisconsin River . Its name indicates its form ; its length is one hun- dred and thirty - five feet , and its other proportions are in accord- ance ...
... called the Big Elephant Mound , found in Wisconsin a few miles below the mouth of the Wisconsin River . Its name indicates its form ; its length is one hun- dred and thirty - five feet , and its other proportions are in accord- ance ...
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... called " garden - beds . " These are ridges , or beds , about six inches in height and four feet in width , methodically arranged in parallel rows , sometimes rectangular in shape , sometimes of various but regular and symmetrical ...
... called " garden - beds . " These are ridges , or beds , about six inches in height and four feet in width , methodically arranged in parallel rows , sometimes rectangular in shape , sometimes of various but regular and symmetrical ...
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... called either because there are similar elevations in Mexico on which temples were erected , or because , hav- ing level summits which may be reached by ter- races , by inclined planes , or by spiral pathways , they may be supposed to ...
... called either because there are similar elevations in Mexico on which temples were erected , or because , hav- ing level summits which may be reached by ter- races , by inclined planes , or by spiral pathways , they may be supposed to ...
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