The Railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific.--Traversing a whole continent, and binding together two oceans, this mighty thoroughfare, when completed, will mark an epoch of human progress second only to that of our Declaration of Independence.
Sumner highlights the significance of the transcontinental railroad as a monumental achievement in human progress.
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It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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