The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . feel thatyou know the story of your owu country. When we remember that four hundred years ago not a white manlived in America, that its fertile fields and lovely valleys were coveredby a dense forest, that the sound of the steam whistle, the whirr of busymachinery, and the hum of business activity have succeeded the silence broken only by the dreadful war-hoop,wheu we can realize these things we canbegin to understand what we o
The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . feel thatyou know the story of your owu country. When we remember that four hundred years ago not a white manlived in America, that its fertile fields and lovely valleys were coveredby a dense forest, that the sound of the steam whistle, the whirr of busymachinery, and the hum of business activity have succeeded the silence broken only by the dreadful war-hoop,wheu we can realize these things we canbegin to understand what we owe to the*k££ perseverance and wisdom of those earlysettlers, whose faults we are more ready tocoat-of-arms of maine. blame than we are to praise their virtues, said Mamma Nelson. Marion, tell me about the State of Maine. It is the largest of the New England States, and is in the extremenortheast of the United States. It is hilly and broken, with beautifullakes, broad rivers, and fertile valleys. It was first discovered by Norse-man, then by Cabot, Verrazzano, and Gomez. First permanent settle-ment was made in 1604. It was under the control of Massachusetts302.
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