The Western Rural Year Book, a Cyclopedia of Reference: Historical, Statistical and Scientific Information. A Comprehensive Work Showing the Development and Progress of the United States from the Settlement of the Country. The Agricultural Advancement and Resources of America Fully Set Forth in a Condensed Form

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M. George, 1886 - 464 pages
 

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Page 43 - For right is right, since God is God ; And right the day must win ; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin ! FREDERIC WILLIAM FABER.
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Page 371 - Under the new constitution of 1886, the legislative power rests with a Congress of two houses, the Senate and House of Representatives. The...
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