THE CONDITION, THE RESOURCES, AND THE INSTITUTIONS
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

FRANCIS BOWEN,

ALFORD PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND CIVIL POLITY
IN HARVARD COLLEGE.

"It is not that a Duke has 50,000l. a year, but that a thousand fathers of families have 50%. a
year, that is true national wealth and well-being."— LAING.

SECOND EDITION.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1859.

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