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eneratione in a more aooeptabl rm. lot at all improbably or unlikely that these vary buildings, a future genus n ow may be li t y i n g ^foundation of elementary know- edge e s s e n t i a ] J Ln t•he ultimate solution of this vitally he mpor t a n t p r o b l o r i, and Lth this possibility uppermost in pg thought that I might lend him tind, and w i t h t] ae I o n strength and courage, I feel the same keen thrill of pride and hope which the ancient father must have felt when he buckled his own armor around the body of his smiling confident son, entrusting to him the sword with which he himself had fought, and bade him godspeed on the field of Within the brief period of our national existence, wonderful progress has been made in almost every line of undertaking; but in no locality is progress so marvelously exemplified as it is in our own country where, within the span of a single human life, an almost unlimited acreage has yeilded to cultivation, beautiful cities by the hundreds have sprung into existence as if by magic, and an industrial development has taken place such as never before has been equalled in the history of the worlds Narrowing down our range of observation, we find that the greatest development is embraced within the period of twenty-four years from 1080 to 1904 (latest available data), during which period the wealth of the nation increased from forty-two billion to one hundred and
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