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..."Nothing in the history of mankind," said Burke in his speech upon the taxation of the colonies, " is like their progress. For my part, I never cast...of successful industry, accumulating wealth in many countries, than the colonies of yesterday, than a set of miserable outcasts, a few years ago not so...

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...as got far the start of the slow, languid operations of unassisted nature. This capital was a hotbed to them. Nothing in the history of mankind is like...industry, accumulating wealth in many centuries, than thecolonics of yesterday — than a set of miserable outcasts, a few years ago, not so much sent as...

...American colonies under the embarrassments of English legislation. He says, " they seem to him rather like ancient nations grown to perfection through a long series of fortunate events, than a set of miserable outcasts, a few years ago not so much sent, as thrown out on the bleak and...

...; for my part, I never cast an eye on their flourishing commerce, and their cultivated and earnest life, but they seem to me rather ancient nations grown...fortunate events and a train of successful industry, than colonies of yesterday — a set of miserable outcasts a few years ago, not so much sent, as thrown...

...nothing in the history of mankind, is like their progress. For my part, I never cast an eye on them, but they seem to me rather ancient nations grown to...perfection, through a long series of fortunate events, than the colonies of yesterday ; than a set of miserable outcasts, not so much sent as thrown out on...

...the civilized world. Edmund Burke, in the House of Commons, spoke of them in the following terms : " Nothing in the history of mankind is like their progress....in many centuries, than the colonies of yesterday." » These flourishing colonies were in the relation of union. This was not a factitious result, but...

...on their flourishing commerce, and their cultivated and commodious life, but they seem to me to be rather ancient nations grown to perfection through...in many centuries, than the Colonies of yesterday." That great statesman, and perhaps greatest of orators, whose words are even more descriptive of our...