Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs
page 349 of 577 (60%)
page 349 of 577 (60%)
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Which is more desirable as the chief business of a city--commerce or
manufactures? Which is more desirable as the chief business of a city--transportation by water or by rail? Should the rate of taxation be graduated to a ratio with the amount of property taxed? Will a time ever come when the population of the earth will be limited by the earth's capacity of food production? Is it probable that any language will ever become universal? Is it probable that any planet, except the earth, is inhabited? Should the State prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors? Should the government prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors? Should the guillotine be substituted for the gallows? Was Bryant or Longfellow the greater poet? Should the jury system be continued? Should the languages of alien nations be taught in the public schools? |
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