We have seen... that, although England is by far the richest nation of Europe, we have already outstripped her in the race after wealth, and we have only begun the development of our vast resources.
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In Europe the various ranks of society are, like the strata of the earth, fixed and fossilized. There can be no great change without a terrible upheaval, a social earthquake.Josiah Strong
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Our aristocracy, unlike that of Europe, is open to all comers.
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America is to have the great preponderance of numbers and of wealth, and by the logic of events will follow the scepter of controlling influence.
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As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed.
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This is due partly to the fact that Americans are much better fed than Europeans, and partly to the undeveloped resources of a new country, but more largely to our climate, which acts as a constant stimulus.
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