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Heelis family cookbook, 1850s
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And if we had been all still left to our own laws, they would have afforded us better grounds for believing that they meant no innovation; but having the greater part under their thumbs (υποχειριους) and associating with us as their equals, they were likely to feel more annoyance at ours being the only state opposed to them especially as contrasted with the majority who had already submitted to them, both on other grounds and especially as they were becoming more powerful than they ever had been before + we comparatively insulated; well-balanced apprehensions are the only guarantees from allies for he who is inclined to any
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And if we had been all still left to our own laws, they would have afforded us better grounds for believing that they meant no innovation; but having the greater part under their thumbs (υποχειριους) and associating with us as their equals, they were likely to feel more annoyance at ours being the only state opposed to them especially as contrasted with the majority who had already submitted to them, both on other grounds and especially as they were becoming more powerful than they ever had been before + we comparatively insulated; well-balanced apprehensions are the only guarantees from allies for he who is inclined to any
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