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Below the roads run the surveyors' lines which squared off the wilderness, and not only made it ready for sale but constructed a shape for county and state government.
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― Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy
― Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy
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There are many arts and sciences of which a miner should not be ignorant. First there is Philosophy, that he may discern the origin, cause, and nature of subterranean things; for then he will be able to dig out the veins easily and advantageously, and to obtain more abundant results from his mining. Secondly there is Medicine, that he may be able to look after his diggers and other workman ... Thirdly follows astronomy, that he may know the divisions of the heavens and from them judge the direct
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― DE RE METALLICA [TRANSLATED FROM THE FIRST LATIN EDITION OF 1556]
― DE RE METALLICA [TRANSLATED FROM THE FIRST LATIN EDITION OF 1556]