. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. cent distances,and its population of officials andoffice-seekers; Chicago, with its enor-mous grain and pro\dsion trades ; SanFrancisco, the most beautiful city in the Union, and one which appearsmore suited to Englishmen than most of the Eastern cities. The mixedpopulation of the latter is very noticeable; Mexicans abound, withFrenchmen and Italians; South Americans, Polj^ne
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. cent distances,and its population of officials andoffice-seekers; Chicago, with its enor-mous grain and pro\dsion trades ; SanFrancisco, the most beautiful city in the Union, and one which appearsmore suited to Englishmen than most of the Eastern cities. The mixedpopulation of the latter is very noticeable; Mexicans abound, withFrenchmen and Italians; South Americans, Polj^nesians, and Australiansare numerous. As to manufacturing industries, thej^ may now be said toinclude all things needed in the States, and CA^en a bare enumeration oftheir seats and striking phenomena is impossible. In religion the United States is as varied as in climate or in an old-world movement has here sought a refuge ; many a new onehas arisen from the clash of previous^ separate races, or throughthe conditions of a new life. All the Protestant sects are repre-sented—Episcopalians, Baptists, Methodists, Presbj^terians, etc.; whilethe Unitarians and Swedenborgians are significant groups. A peculiar. SHOSHONE. aspect is given to religious life in the United States by the absence of THE UNITED STATES. 751 State control, or patronage or support of any one religious sect. CathoUcs and Episcopalian and other Protestants stand on anequality side by side. It cannot be said that religion is less, probably itis more flourishing than in any other country ; witness the large numbers,of churches and theological colleges, the numerous philanthropic andmissionary societies, and the extensive religious literature. Public attention is however frequently directed most definitely uponsmall communities or sections of religionists, with peculiar tenets orpractices; such as the Mormons of Utah, with their assumed new revela-tion, their polygamy, and their agricultural suc
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