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Excerpt from On the Resources, Productions and Social Condition of Spain: Read Before the Amer. Phil. Soc., January 15, 1875 During the same momentous period, serfdom and Slavery had been condemned or abolished in both continents, and with it the feudal system and the corv e. During the same time mankind had armed itself with the titanic powers Of steam and electricity, and rushed with renewed strength into that perpetual struggle with nature, which is its heritage, but in the maintenance Of which, at about the beginning Of the period referred to, it had become well-nigh exhausted, for lack Of suitable weapons and appropriate agencies. This epoch, too, had witnessed in many countries the separation Of Church and State, the obliteration of castes, the Spread of popular education, the establishment Of popular representation, the mobilization of proprietary rights, the development Of great scientific progress, and a brilliant series of discoveries in every department Of thought. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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