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Nature, and our position as the nearest neighbors to eastern Asia, separated from her only by the great highways of the ocean, have placed in our hands all the advantages that we need....
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Reid discusses America's geographical advantages in trade with Eastern Asia, highlighting its strategic position.
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The danger commences with the first extra-continental State.
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With her, then, we should most sedulously cherish a cordial friendship, and nothing would tend more to knit our affections than to be fighting once more, side by side, in the same cause.