Author : Samuel Williams
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 41,7 MB
Release : 2017-12-06
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ISBN : 9780260289391
Book Description
Excerpt from The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, Vol. 1 of 2 Having assumed their rank among the nag tions of the earth, the states of America now present to the world a new state of society founded on principles, containing arrangements, and producing efiects, not Visible 1n any nation before. The uncommon and increasing prose perity which has attended it, has ascertained its' spirit and tendency The people are distinguish cd by the spirit of inquiry, industry, economy, enterprize, and regularity The government is dependent upon, but guides, and reverences the people And the whole country is rapidly ine creasing in numbers, extent, wealth, and powero The highest perfection and 7ifelicity, which man is permitted to h0pe for 111 the present life, may rationally be expected m such a state of society And it becomes of course the object of univer= sal inquiry and attention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.