Our country, the marvel of nations; its past, present, and future, and what the Scriptures say of it . tates. He says : — My own impression is that in spite of the vast proportion of immigrantpopulation, the language, character, habits, of native Americans rapidly absorband incorporate all foreign elements. In the third or fourth generation, allexotic differences are mei^ged. In one sense the United Stales seemed to me tobe more homogeneous than the United Kingdom. There is no State, city, orlarge area which has a distinct race of its own, as Ireland, Wales, and Scotlandhave; and of course the
Our country, the marvel of nations; its past, present, and future, and what the Scriptures say of it . tates. He says : — My own impression is that in spite of the vast proportion of immigrantpopulation, the language, character, habits, of native Americans rapidly absorband incorporate all foreign elements. In the third or fourth generation, allexotic differences are mei^ged. In one sense the United Stales seemed to me tobe more homogeneous than the United Kingdom. There is no State, city, orlarge area which has a distinct race of its own, as Ireland, Wales, and Scotlandhave; and of course there is nothing analogous to the diverse nationalities of theBritish empire. From Long Island to San Francisco, from Florida Bay to Van-couver Island, there is one dominant race and civilization, one language, onetype of law, one sense of nationality. That race, that nationality, is Americanto the core, and the consciousness of its vast expansion and collective force fillsthe mind of American citizens as nothing can do to this degree in the nations ofWestern Europe, Flour Mills, Minneapolis, ORIGINAL MAIL COACH UNDER DIFFICULTY
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