The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by James Fenimore Cooper
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historical.
Early released from the fetters of the middle ages, fetters that bound the mind equally with the person, America has preceded rather than followed Europe, in that march of improvement which is rendering the present era so remarkable. Under a system, broad, liberal, and just as hers, though she may have to contend with rivalries that are sustained by a more concentrated competition, and which are as absurd by their pretension of liberality as they are offensive by their monopolies, there is nothing to fear, in the end. Her political motto should be Justice, and her first and greatest care to see it administered to her own citizens. The reader is left to make the application. The Water-witch. Chapter I. "What, shall this speech be spoke for our excuse? Or shall we on without apology." Romeo and Juliet. |
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