Chap. IV.} 1778. |
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of deep feeling and of happy predictions that mighty
states would emerge from these wildernesses; that solemn temples would supplant the Indian huts which had no decorations but the barbarous trophies of their vanquished enemies; that, to those who would undertake it, a settlement on the Pacific would bring emoluments beyond their most sanguine expectations, and would disclose new sources of trade, develop national advantages, and form the shortest and most convenient line of communication between Europe and China.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1874.
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