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It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some…
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America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.
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Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.
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Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage…
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Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.
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Spanish civilization crushed the Indian. English civilization scorned and neglected him. French civilization embraced and cherished him.
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Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their…
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We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule…
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Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men…
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Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where…
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We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail.
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We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were…
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The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm…
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Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first…
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They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also…
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Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line,…
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No free people can lose their liberties while they are jealous of liberty. But the liberties of the freest people are in…
— Wendell Phillips
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Young people need to be inspired, told they can achieve anything they set their minds to.
— Jim Stynes
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Wherever Koreans are, they set up a church,
— Sandra Oh
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When you are doing a show, it can get really dull. You are sitting so long while they set up the lights,…
— Yvonne Craig
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For as long as I can remember, I have been inspired by the achievement of our Founding Fathers. They set forth principles…
— Sonia Sotomayor
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For far too many, pregnancy and birth is still something that happens to them rather than something they set out consciously and…
— Sheila Kitzinger
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The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the…
— Plato
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The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist…
— Howard Lyman
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