God Geometrizes in a Texas Philosopher's Dream
A Democratic Review excerpt recounts a Texas writer's encounter with Humean causation. He imagines a May scene in Plata and Colorado, contemplates Plato and Socrates, and declares "God geometrizes" as he muses on a flower's symmetry and the cosmos. The piece blends rhetoric, science, and religious awe.
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Democratic Review
Arrington
Texas
Plata
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Thad
Socrastes
West
Plato
Sonny Birds
Labor as the foundation of society and wealth
An Albany Patriot essay extols labor as the basis of wealth and progress, condemning non-producers who live off others’ toil. It argues that capital is dried labor, critiques racial and class biases in Southern work norms, and laments unequal pay and distribution. The piece decries political and professional elites profiting while workers starve.
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Commonwealth
Athen
Ptorshouse
Staten
Aeven
North
New York
Congress
Wilks
Tilty
Louisiana
Ants
New Orleans
Mear
Lia
Namins
Bathis
Baltimore
New England
Alniatat Purposea
Saco
Maine
Democrat
Agriculture Chemistry Transforms Fertile Lands and Harvests
The article extols chemistry's role in farming, noting Davy and agricultural chemists reshaped soil use. It cites Norfolk England, Mississippi and Ohio valleys, and discusses sand and clay balance, composts, and manures as fertility drivers. It also shares anecdotes on land and crop practices, plus hay measurement methods.
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Humphrey Davy
Derbyshire
England
Mississippi
Ohio
Norfolk
Jesse Buel
Albany
Laboring Classes urged to use political power
A passage urges workers to heed political influence before elections. It warns against elite manipulation and stresses that citizens must exercise their rights to prevent manipulation by employers, lawyers, doctors, and financiers. It cites the U.S. annual productivity of two thousand millions dollars as context.
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Acadetenil
Racial character survey and economic notes from early text
The article presents a long discussion on mental character across races, ranking groups from Negroes to Caucasians with judgments on intellect, industry, and social progress. It also covers expanding commerce, western growth, cattle and grain prospects, and remarks from Governor Wright's letter about retirements and farming before concluding with varied anecdotal items.
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New York Journal of Commerce
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Hades
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U. States
Cates
Piotr
Australia
Pacific
North America
Yassouri
Creamin
Gur Stearabot
Ispeed
Lake Counties
Europe
Acie
Wrrant
Wright
Camron
Marzuony
Scotch Journal
Aryshire
Putnam
Phe Jor
Syield
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Gilgal
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Ajalon
R-E-H
Mather
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