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If the English would advance one step further, or cover themselves where they are, it must be at once, by one large step over the mountains, with a numerous and military colony.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “If the English would advance one step further, or cover themselves where they are, it must be at once, by one large step…”
Editor's note · Context
Franklin suggests that for the English to expand effectively, they must make a significant move into the interior of the continent with a strong military presence.
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