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Contents
INTRODUCTION in the words of Washington | 17 |
LIBERTY | 24 |
THE CONSTITUTION | 43 |
Officers and Agents of Government | 78 |
National Policy | 90 |
Finance | 117 |
The Indians | 203 |
THE NAVY | 219 |
VIRTUE AND VICE | 307 |
APPROBATION AND CENSURE | 315 |
INTEMPERANCE AND GAMING | 329 |
GOD | 340 |
RELIGION AND THE STATE | 352 |
RELIGIOUS ACTS AND EMOTIONS | 359 |
CHRISTIANITY | 367 |
Gospel Ordinances | 377 |
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