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Everywhere, from sunrise to sunset, the Rail and Wheel, which an eminent English engineer has pronounced “man and wife,” will yet be welcomed, sure to become the parents of a mighty progeny.
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Sumner poetically describes the integration of railroads and transportation as essential to progress.
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