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H iggins’ Apology for M ahom et, th e Illus.
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R easons for U nbelief. By I/iiiis V i a r d o t .....
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60 G abrielle’s Life a n d Im m o rtality o f M a n .....
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25
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A surprising history is presented
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Agriculture, of one of America’s
E X -G O V . J O H N P . A L T G E L D .
greatest contributions to the f o o d ____
A B o o k f o r t h e P e o p l e unnnlv
of the world, > Indian . corn. Asmodeus. 1
S u p p l y u i LUC
C O N T A IN S A I L T H E F A M O U S S P E E C H E S , L E T T E R S ,
Under the effects of cultivation, the
M C S S A G C S A NO E S S A Y S OF T H E A U T H O R .
E V E R T IS S U E OF N A T IO N A L IM P O R T A N C E ANO
recognized varieties have increas
P O P U L A R IN T E R E S T E A R N C S T L T C O N S ID E R E D .
ed from the few known hy the
T r u s t s , M o n o p o l ie s , G o v e r n m e n t
O w n e r s h i p , C iv il S e r v ic e , T a x a t io n , .parly explorers to more than 500.
M o n e y Q u e s t i o n , T a r if f , E d u c a t i o n , The variations in size are interest
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and
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H u n d r e d O t h e r T o p ic s D i s c u s s e d .
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