CHAPTER I

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THE ORIGINAL MAKE-UP OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 3

Traits of the Puritan stock--Elements in the peopling of Virginia--The indentured servants and convicts--Purification by free land--The Huguenots--The Germans--The Scotch-Irish-- Ruling motives in the peopling of the New World--Selective agencies--The toll of the sea--The sifting by the wilderness-- The impress of the frontier--How an American Breed arose--Its traits.

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