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man who believes in the ultimate greatness of his country, 

 in the permanence of its institutions and the part which it 

 is to take in the upbuilding of civilization, limits mankind 

 to no race, to no country and to no climate. Such an one 

 sees, in the far-reaching problems which stand before the 

 American people, issues more important than those which 

 concern a single nation or a single race. Out of the success- 

 ful solution of these problems is to come that which, while 

 conserving the interests of the United States, will take into 

 account the interest of the world and the happiness of man- 

 kind. Whatever the result of the statesmanship of the next 

 hundred 3'ears, whatever laws may be enacted, whether they 

 be wise or unwise, the government and the civilization which 

 will persist will be neither that of New England, nor of the 

 South, nor of the West, nor will it be European or Asiatic 

 or African ; but it will be a combination of all these. Fort- 

 unate will it be if the nation finds leaders sufficiently patri- 

 otic and sufficiently far-seeing to deal with these questions 

 from the highest stand-point. Already it is evident that 

 higher considerations than those of mere material gain or 

 even of national greatness are moving in the minds of 

 thoughtful men. It is one of the evidences of that larger life 

 into which as a nation we are coming. It helps us to realize 

 that he spoke truly who said : — 



Through the ages one increasing purpose runs, 



And the thoughts of men are widened by the process of the suns. 



