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George H. Rosen

The American leap of faith -- and ignorance

By George H. Rosen
July 21, 2007

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AT 5 O'CLOCK in the morning of Nov. 4, 1824, deep in the heart of the southern Atlantic, the cook of the ship Citizen, bound for China from New York, leaped into the sea. (Full article: 990 words)

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