Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-31

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sI,h .ne oseoveries OF science, and their fruitful
oonyenieBce and refinement Of social life. Great
ware and consequent revolutions have occurred, in.
civil war Of our own country, which was at its
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have been msd3 by The iIdefaigable explorers Of
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