This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. WARNING CONTINUED. America is resting largely upon her greatness in territory, wealth, institutions, form of government and world-wide recognition of power. And this is not strange, for in the language of Milton, "Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. WARNING CONTINUED. America is resting largely upon her greatness in territory, wealth, institutions, form of government and world-wide recognition of power. And this is not strange, for in the language of Milton, "Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she seems." It is perfectly natural for a people to rest in wealth, greatness and undisturbed prosperity. When we note the rapidity with which this republic passes the nations of the earth and takes her place among the foremost kingdoms of the world in credit, manufactures and agricultural interests, in one hundred years, it is easy to feel that we are safe, for already we dwell in the unknowable and incomprehensible mines of wealth of which Herbert Spencer speaks. We need not journey long nor far to find it, it is here in our fifty-seven billions. Stretch your mind over this vast sum and think of multiplying it by the undeveloped resources of the untouched mines, fields and stores of these two million five hundred thousand square miles. Other nations have territory, fertile plains, sunny skies, with numerical strength that more than quadruples that of America, and yet they have not been able to compete with her in the race, because they have not the men or the institutions for fitting and training their leaders. Mr. Carnegie has given the world one of the...
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