CHAPTER VII 



LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GREATER REPUBLIC 



IMAGINE the Republic of the twentieth century, all 

 its magnificent resources under process of development 

 on lines of enlightened co-operation, approved alike by 

 the sane business sense and the humanitarian instincts of 

 the people ! 



Behold the out-swinging gates of the West, opening at 

 last the wealth of surplus resources to the throngs of 

 surplus people the gates unlocked by the magic of sur- 

 plus capital ! 



See how the "uneasy" have "planted new colonies," 

 as Edward Eggleston said they did in all past stages of 

 the American emigration; how, under the impulse of this 

 new forward march, the Republic has again surpassed 

 the monarchies of the Old World "with giant strides," 

 as Andrew Carnegie has shown that it did in a past 

 era; how "the desert has blossomed with the homes of 

 men," as Thomas B. Reed predicted ; and then observe 

 how all these things have defeated the grim prophecy of 

 Lord Macaulay ! But the material triumph is only the 

 poorest aspect of the new achievement. 



Here are millions of free men who live upon their 

 own soil, under their own roofs, and work for them- 

 selves. Here is a society which has mastered the ma- 

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