This country of our love and pride is no malformed, congenital cripple of a nation, incapable of undertaking duties that have been found within the powers of every other nation that ever existed since governments among civilized men began.
Reid asserts the capability of the United States to undertake responsibilities similar to other nations.
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We must, then, be prepared with a policy for maintaining it ourselves.
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Spain failed to maintain her title to the security she had pledged, but the lenders knew the instability of that security when they risked their money on it.
The people have generally more education and refinement than in other parts of the State; their public improvements are better, and their country is every way more attractive.