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E. Benjamin Andrews This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: History of the United States, Volume 4
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Barricade of trees with sharpened branches directed toward an enemy. acclivities Upward slope. carpet-baggers Politicians who move to a place for an opportunity to promote their career. comity Courtesy; civility. Comity of nations: respect of one country for the laws and institutions of another. Law: courts of one jurisdiction give effect to the decisions of another. Lethe of death River in Hades; drinking it caused forgetfulness . mare clausum Navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of one nation and closed to all others. Latin: mare, sea + clausum, closed. modus vivendi Manner of living; way of life. Temporary agreement between contending parties pending a final settlement. Ney Michel Ney--Duke of Elchingen, 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader; marshal of France 1805–15. parole A written promise by a prisoner of war, that if released he will not take up arms against his captors. redintegration Restoration of a lost or injured part. Evocation of a state of mind by the recurrence of the elements making up the original experience. scalawag A native white Southerner who collaborated with the occupying forces during Civil War Reconstruction for personal gain. spiles Post used as a foundation; a pile. Wooden plug; bung. Spigot used in taking sap from a tree. windrows Row of leaves or snow heaped up by the wind; row of cut hay or grain left to dry in a field before being bundled. [End transcriber's notes] 
Drawn by Will H. Low. The World's Fair at Chicago. Central Portion of MacMonnies Fountain--Effect of Electric Light. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE EARLIEST DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PRESENT TIME BY CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FORMERLY PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY With 650 Illustrations and Maps VOLUME IV. NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1912 COPYRIGHT, 1894 AND 1903, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 
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