Excerpt from A History of the United States and Its People, From Their Eariest Records to the Present Time, Vol. 1 of 12

But of even greater importance than readability must ever stand trustworthiness. TO secure this, we have adopted many precautions for the elimination Of the com mon errors - which are more numerous than the general reader can well imagine. We do not for a moment sup pose that we have attained perfection, but we hope that our work will be recognized as a conscientious struggle for betterment. We Offer it as a comprehensive, accurate, well-balanced, and readable history Of the nation from the earliest times to the present day, with the belief that it will fill a place heretofore vacant.

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