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Thus resting on the two oceans with a canal between, so that the early “secret of the strait” shall no longer exist, the American Republic will change the face of the world, and perhaps make Europe subaltern.
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Sumner discusses the transformative potential of a canal connecting the two oceans for the American Republic.
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