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It looks likely to me: for, if we can remove the turbulent Gallics, our people, according to the exactest computations, will in another century become more numerous than England itself.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It looks likely to me: for, if we can remove the turbulent Gallics, our people, according to the exactest computations…”
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In this quote, Sumner predicts demographic changes that could lead to America's growth surpassing that of England.
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