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Page 1201
... gold and silver , instead of quietly developing commerce and agriculture , and yielding to the temptations of their position and the enervating influence of the climate , in no long time degenerated in mind and body . The home ...
... gold and silver , instead of quietly developing commerce and agriculture , and yielding to the temptations of their position and the enervating influence of the climate , in no long time degenerated in mind and body . The home ...
Page 1202
... gold and silver more than for any revenue from indirect sources . They regarded their new possessions simply as producing so much tribute , and hence watched them very closely and kept them strictly under control . The elements of decay ...
... gold and silver more than for any revenue from indirect sources . They regarded their new possessions simply as producing so much tribute , and hence watched them very closely and kept them strictly under control . The elements of decay ...
Page 1205
... gold , but to follow up the fisheries of Newfoundland and the fur trade of Canada . Starting with commercial objects they steadily settled in Canada , took their way up the St. Lawrence and down the Ohio to join the settlement which La ...
... gold , but to follow up the fisheries of Newfoundland and the fur trade of Canada . Starting with commercial objects they steadily settled in Canada , took their way up the St. Lawrence and down the Ohio to join the settlement which La ...
Page 1216
... gold , for rapid gain , for indulgence , not for labor . Incitement to all active energy was stifled . Spanish commerce declined , as agriculture had long ago declined under the thraldom and privilege of class . With the failure of home ...
... gold , for rapid gain , for indulgence , not for labor . Incitement to all active energy was stifled . Spanish commerce declined , as agriculture had long ago declined under the thraldom and privilege of class . With the failure of home ...
Page 1220
... Gold Coast , Grenada , Hongkong , Lagos , St. Lucia , St. Vincent , Seychelles , Sierra Leone , Straits Settlements , Trinidad and Tobago , and Turks Island , with a population of about 7,000,000 . The third - mentioned class , those ...
... Gold Coast , Grenada , Hongkong , Lagos , St. Lucia , St. Vincent , Seychelles , Sierra Leone , Straits Settlements , Trinidad and Tobago , and Turks Island , with a population of about 7,000,000 . The third - mentioned class , those ...
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