. The progress of the Empire State a work devoted to the historical, financial, industrial, and literary development of New York. ore thanthreefold in the same period—to $1,651,210,220, or 17 percent of that for the whole country, while the wages paidamounted to $408,855,652, or nearly 18 per cent of those ofthe nation. Such development the commonwealth has achieved inless than three centuries. In the first, it scattered seeds ofsettlement by the sea and beside the rivers, with much trialand many hardships. With the growth of youthful fiber,the second brought sterner conflicts, not free from f
. The progress of the Empire State a work devoted to the historical, financial, industrial, and literary development of New York. ore thanthreefold in the same period—to $1,651,210,220, or 17 percent of that for the whole country, while the wages paidamounted to $408,855,652, or nearly 18 per cent of those ofthe nation. Such development the commonwealth has achieved inless than three centuries. In the first, it scattered seeds ofsettlement by the sea and beside the rivers, with much trialand many hardships. With the growth of youthful fiber,the second brought sterner conflicts, not free from fire andbloodshed. Its third century was two decades old beforethe State showed its rounded form and stalwart proud to be a member of the American Union,it is worthy in itself alone to be compared with the great 50 PROGRESS OF THE EMPIRE STATE powers of the earth—not with provinces or principalitiesor dependencies. In Europe only seven nations, and in thewestern hemisphere only Brazil and Mexico, have more oreven so many inhabitants as New York, and its rate ofincrease exceeds that of any one of
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