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    POLITICAL ECONOMY AND CHRISTIANITY. 291

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    • " Aprop f Vide os of Olmstead Political ' s " Economy Cotton Kingdom . "—Oct . 1863 . " .

    Political Economy And Christianity. 291

    POLITICAL ECONOMY AND CHRISTIANITY . 291

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1864, page 291, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011864/page/3/