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The Most Momentous And Far-reaching Question Ever Brought To Issue On This Continent Was: Shall France Remain Here, Or Shall She Not?

France Built Its Best Colony On A Principle Of Exclusion, And Failed; England Reversed The System, And Succeeded.

Our New England Climate Is Mild And Equable Compared With That Of The Platte.

The Growth Of New England Was A Result Of The Aggregate Efforts Of A Busy Multitude, Each In His Narrow Circle Toiling For Himself, To Gather Competence Or Wealth. The Expansion Of New France Was The Achievement Of A Gigantic Ambition Striving To Grasp A Continent. It Was A Vain Attempt.

In The Middle Of The Sixteenth Century, Spain Was The Incubus Of Europe. Gloomy And Portentous, She Chilled The World With Her Baneful Shadow.