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... and particularly to a river called the Apalachicola , probably from the
Apalachies , an Indian nation formerly residing on it . Hence the mountains giving
rise to that river , and seen from its various paris , were called the Apalachian
mountains ...
... and particularly to a river called the Apalachicola , probably from the
Apalachies , an Indian nation formerly residing on it . Hence the mountains giving
rise to that river , and seen from its various paris , were called the Apalachian
mountains ...
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The weasel is larger in America than in Europe , as may be seen hy comparing
its dimensions as reported by Mons . D'Aubenton * and Kalm . The latter tells us ,
t that the lynx , badger , red fox , and flying squirrel , are the same in America as ...
The weasel is larger in America than in Europe , as may be seen hy comparing
its dimensions as reported by Mons . D'Aubenton * and Kalm . The latter tells us ,
t that the lynx , badger , red fox , and flying squirrel , are the same in America as ...
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I have made an elk with round or cylindrical horns an animal of America , and
peculiar to it ; because have seen many of them myself , and more of their horns ;
and because I can say , from the best information , that , in Virginia , this kind of
elk ...
I have made an elk with round or cylindrical horns an animal of America , and
peculiar to it ; because have seen many of them myself , and more of their horns ;
and because I can say , from the best information , that , in Virginia , this kind of
elk ...
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It has not , however , extended to our latitudes , On the other hand , I could never
learn that the round horned elk has been seen further north than the Hudson's
river . This agrees with the former elk in its general character , being , like that ...
It has not , however , extended to our latitudes , On the other hand , I could never
learn that the round horned elk has been seen further north than the Hudson's
river . This agrees with the former elk in its general character , being , like that ...
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This is near 6 inches higher than any horse I have seen : and could it be
supposed that I had seen the largest horses in America , the conclusion would be
, that ours have diminished , or that we have bred from a smaller stock . In
Connecticut ...
This is near 6 inches higher than any horse I have seen : and could it be
supposed that I had seen the largest horses in America , the conclusion would be
, that ours have diminished , or that we have bred from a smaller stock . In
Connecticut ...
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Página 275 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 276 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political ; peace, commerce, and honest friendship, with all nations — entangling alliances with none ; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies...
Página 66 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat: if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 234 - ... that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern...
Página 170 - The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to his worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.
Página 273 - A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful land, traversing all the seas with the rich productions of their industry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right...
Página 172 - ... phenomenon of which no age nor nation has furnished an example. It is the mark set on those, who, not looking up to heaven, to their own soil and industry, as does the husbandman, for their subsistence, depend for it on casualties and caprice of customers. Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
Página 277 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press; freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected - these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Página 275 - I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest Government on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern.
Página 239 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Notes on the State of Virginia |
| Autor | Thomas Jefferson |
| Editor | Lilly and Wait, 1832 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 12 Feb. 2008 |
| Largo | 280 páginas |
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