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In quest of better homes, annually it presses to the unsettled lands, in numbers counted by tens of thousands; but this has been done heretofore with little knowledge, and without guide or counsel.
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Sumner describes the annual migration to unsettled lands, highlighting the lack of guidance for emigrants.
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