... have extended itself in this quarter; that cities and hamlets will have risen on the shore of the newfound river, that commerce will have directed her track thither, and that smoke may rise from Christian hearths where now alone the prowling heathen... Discoveries in Australia - עמוד 46מאת John Lort Stokes - 1846תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
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...work of hU own hands. To civilize the world, to subdue the wilderness, is the proudest achievcmsnt to which he can look forward ; and to share in this...fields of enterprise, and leading as it were the van of civilization, fills the heart with inexpressible delight. It is natural, therefore, as I traced the... | |
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