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Excerpt from The Iroquois Confederacy: Its Political System, Military System, Marriages, Divorces, Property Rights, EtcThe Druid age of England was its age of heroic vir tues. There was no literature there then, no laws, no prisons, and, substantially, no crime. Withal, this age produced the elements of England's present grandeur in everything that pertains to this age. But during this age, there was an in¿uence at work in pagan Greece destine...

Excerpt from Discovery and Conquests of the North-West: With the History of ChicagoWhile these conditions have grown upon us in our progress down the highways of time, we have laid upon ourselves heavy burdens by premature legislation, not unlike those of the erratic sallies of childhood. Wiser counsels must come to our rescue to make amends for these, just as the well-digested thoughts of maturity recast the images of youth.Breathing time has...

Excerpt from History of Illinois: To Accompany an Historical Map of the StateTwo large valleys extend into the innermost centre of a continent, and a broad platean of fertile soil intervenes between them. This is Illinois - a connecting link and portage ground from one of them to the other. Had it been an arid waste or an impregnable mountain uplift, it would have been a barrier - a separatrix between them but, in the economy of N ature, the n...

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Excerpt from Discovery and Conquests of the North-West: With the History of ChicagoWhile these conditions have grown upon us in our progress down the highways of time, we have laid upon ourselves heavy burdens by premature legislation, not unlike those of the erratic sallies of childhood. Wiser counsels must come to our rescue to make amends for these, just as the well-digested thoughts of maturity recast the images of youth.Breathing time has...

Excerpt from Discovery and Conquests of the Northwest With the History of Chicago, Vol. 2 of 2 The American colonists forged an advanced link in this chain when they astonished Europe by improvising new principles in national policy. That these princi ples were an improvement on the old is proven from the fact that, in substance, they have been adopted by the leading nations of Europe. In the westward course of empire the great North west po...

bTitle:/b The Discovery and Conquests of the Northwest. Including the early history of Chicago, Detroit, Vincennes, St. Louis, etc. [With plates and maps.] (Washington's Journal of a Tour to the Ohio, in 1753. With notes by John G. Shea.).br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 mill...

bTitle:/b History of Illinois, to accompany an historical map of the state. [With the map.]br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collec...

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Excerpt from Columbian Memorial Songs: Historical Geography and Maps The World's Columbian Exposition is designed to celebrate an event that transcends, in importance, any other study or design of man that history records. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-o...

Excerpt from Hand-Book of Minnesota: Describing Its Agricultural, Commercial and Manufacturing Resources, and Other Capabilities of Producing Wealth Locality. Itasca Adjacent hills Snake river, 75 miles from St. Paul's Kettle river, at: Fortuna o 0 on o o o o 00 00 oooooo Summit, 22% miles from Lake Superior. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com T...

Excerpt from The Iroquois Confederacy: Its Political System, Military System, Marriages, Divorces, Property Rights, Etc The Druid age of England was its age of heroic vir tues. There was no literature there then, no laws, no prisons, and, substantially, no crime. Withal, this age produced the elements of England's present grandeur in everything that pertains to this age. But during this age, there was an in¿uence at work in pagan Greece desti...

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Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln the Type of American Genius: An Historical Romance Among the first forms of written literature poetry was to be found. Why not.? It is the measure of human emotions. It searches the heart and brings to light those subtle forces that make nations spring into existence and rise in grandeur. It is the propelling force that accumulates and concentrates power, and vitalizes this power into active use for universal good...

Excerpt from History of Illinois: To Accompany an Historical Map of the StateTwo large valleys extend into the innermost centre of a continent, and a broad platean of fertile soil intervenes between them. This is Illinois - a connecting link and portage ground from one of them to the other. Had it been an arid waste or an impregnable mountain uplift, it would have been a barrier - a separatrix between them but, in the economy of N ature, the n...

Excerpt from History of Du Page County, IllinoisWe propose to give a history of Du Page County from the earliest records pertaining to it, to the present time.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the...

Excerpt from Discovery and Conquests of the Northwest, Vol. 1 of 2: With the History of Chicago The ultimate issue of this belongs to ture generations, while it may be truthfully said, that the foot of Time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techn...

Excerpt from Documentary History of the Cession of Louisiana to the United States Till It Became an American Province: With an Appendix At a time when the political conditions of Europe and America were evanescent, when the heart of the American Continent wax in the germ cell, then fortuitous circumstances came up unexpectedly to decide an issue that involved the destinies of the United States, and the men capable of giving directions to thes...