...perhaps eren the whole country would have disappeared in this emergency. We quote from Voltaire : " The richest families, and those which were most zealous...be used, by their liberty, would have been almost ruined and depopulated. Amsterdam, the mart and magazine of Europe, where commerce and the arts are...

...capable of making the voyage, and made a calculation of the numbers they could embark. It was found lhat fifty thousand families could take refuge in their...expression may be used, by their liberty, would have been ruined and depopulated. Amsterdam, the mart and magazine of Europe, where commerce and the arts are...

...capable of making the voyage, and found that fifty thousand families could be thus provided for. 2. Thus Holland would no more have existed but at the extremity of the East Indies. All this rich and prosperous country would have been left a prey to the waters, which are now with...