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6611. PEOPLE, Prussian.—

The transition
from ease and opulence to extreme poverty
is remarkable on crossing the line between the
Dutch and Prussian territories. The soil and
climate are the same; the governments alone
differ. With the poverty, the fear also of slaves
is visible in the faces of the Prussian subjects.—
Travels in Prussia. Washington ed. ix, 378.
(1787)


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