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Ifli ^ attt ^ M ^ fc ittH ^ iiiilMiirf ^ ltikj hlBlHIIiit Jii f ¥ l h& * jjijuij&HNBUmBifrfm 9 ^ Mmm ^^ m ^ mmmA ^ Mm luitforsstyle *; xo tnerreader * ; r ^ r ^ rhrir ; * ytxe history of America offers to the contemplation of the ^ stj ^ rioal studenfy one of the most complete and satisfactory experiments W ^ Hji ^ eYPt beeilnade upon man in his social and political relations . It differs from
most other histories in the certainty which attaches to its earlier portions ; foe while the primary notices of other nations are either lost in remote aatS cp&tyi op aoe uaelesg as historical remains from the admixture whifch they contain of legend and superstition , those of the American Colonies , falling ifoMnt'Vikera 6 f authentic history , ate genuine and available records . "'' ^
? Tberfe is also another consideration which , in the esteem Of the J&iload pbical inquirer , attaches peculiar interest to American history . All therms portant events and changes with which it is replete are traceable * to the political aad social institutions of the country , and not to any distinctive % ad general character belonging to the people * No society can be imagined xpotfr varied than that which colonized the Now World * The first discovery by Gotuinbus in 1492 had impressed a new impulse upon Europe , which was propagated through all classes of the people . To some its undiscovered re *
gioris tfftere # a theatre for their ambition ; to others a field for their curiosity many were allured to its coasts by mercantile enterprise , while to malty it became ¦* , refuge from justice , and to not a few the asylum of persecuted piety . Amidst * society so motley , characterized by so little affinity and cohesion , aiid in no degree modified by the character of the savages whom they displaced , it would be vain to expect anything like a marked national
character , or any such rooted and extensively prevalent habits a ad prejudice * as" woulct interfere with the free operation of their social institutions . These institutions , therefore , may be considered to have had a singularly fair trial ; a trial made ? uti&e > a most rare and auspicious conjuncture of circumstances ; and'the more modern and eventful pages of American history , in particular * nay be regarded as detailing a series of decisive experiments , establishing ' certain great principles at political science . —p . 1 , 2 .
The history of the great American struggle which is so completely identified with the biography of Washington , is presented by the Writer in a more perfect form than in many larger works , by his judicious manner of blending the parliamentary discussions in this country frith ttte insurrectionary conflict in the Colonies . He rightly regard * the fa £ & different scenes of the one great battle for justice and liberty .
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The Mechanic * * Calculator . By W . Grier , Civil Engineer * . « Glasgow : Blackie and Son . The design of this work is to ' assist the young workman in obtaining a knowledge of the calculations connected with machinery / Somethmjf of this kind was very much wanted , and the author has very judktousty and ably supplied the desideratum . To practical men and the higher clasto of operatives , who have not had a scientific education , and for
whom it is too late to supply that defect , yet who deeply and daily feel the disadvantage , this compilation will be invaluable . The selection of tables , rules , principles , and examples , seems to us , with refertnc ^ t 6 the object for which it is made , to be excellent . In the geometry we think it might have been belter to follow the plan of Bonnycastleitt th « definitions , eomtneficiiig with the solid , And so , by abstracting ? ' tfe * qilfcKtt ** ef breadth and length * arriving at the pok *^ in » lm 4 of t * M * fttvttfe * t « 0 *** y of something without aiagnkwlejwhkh I # i nw ^ mfmmM
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1835, page 817, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2652/page/61/
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