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Wiley, 1915.
This narrative is written wish vigor, power
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10 the of injured race, and for the neces-
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abuse in order TO develope his plan, with less in
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than exists in fact Still the picture, as whole,
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intellectual expression. Passion, wo, distortion,
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lectual point Of view, and thus the sketch is made
with strong and steady hand, and shows the
educated eye Of manhood. Such productions
have results upon the world, such as fierce in.
vective and mechanical arrangements for the ex-
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