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... race character- istics and climatic environment from that of the governing people , and occupying noncontiguous territory . The feature of these studies which , for obvious reasons , most interests the people of the United States at the ...
... race character- istics and climatic environment from that of the governing people , and occupying noncontiguous territory . The feature of these studies which , for obvious reasons , most interests the people of the United States at the ...
Page 1201
... race , but they were not traders to any great extent , and they did not , in spite of redeeming points , succeed as governors . There was an absence among them of steady progress and development . There was no growth of liberty , no ...
... race , but they were not traders to any great extent , and they did not , in spite of redeeming points , succeed as governors . There was an absence among them of steady progress and development . There was no growth of liberty , no ...
Page 1202
... races and classes were carefully maintained , the official appointments were all held by natives of Spain , creoles being jealously excluded , the land was tied up by direct entails , and the system of commercial monopoly was carried to ...
... races and classes were carefully maintained , the official appointments were all held by natives of Spain , creoles being jealously excluded , the land was tied up by direct entails , and the system of commercial monopoly was carried to ...
Page 1203
... race , but there was more of the trader in the Portuguese than in the Spanish character . * Being traders , they did not attempt to do so much as the Spaniards in so short a time , and were content for the most part to plant stations on ...
... race , but there was more of the trader in the Portuguese than in the Spanish character . * Being traders , they did not attempt to do so much as the Spaniards in so short a time , and were content for the most part to plant stations on ...
Page 1204
... race temperament unfortunate in colonizers . They are dominated too much by feeling and too little by judgment . They are attracted too much by abstract theory , military glory , and all that . They can not accept defeat with dignity ...
... race temperament unfortunate in colonizers . They are dominated too much by feeling and too little by judgment . They are attracted too much by abstract theory , military glory , and all that . They can not accept defeat with dignity ...
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