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233. AGRICULTURE, New cultures.—[further continued].

I received the seeds of the bread-tree. * * * One service of this kind
rendered to a nation, is worth more to them
than all the victories of the most splendid
pages of their history, and becomes a source
of exalted pleasure to those who have been instrumental
in it.—
To M. Giraud. Washington ed. iv, 175.
(1797)