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Adlai Stevenson: “We have crossed the mountains and filled up the whole Northwest, turning the prairies into a garden, and building up…”

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We have crossed the mountains and filled up the whole Northwest, turning the prairies into a garden, and building up churches and schools, thus spreading civilization and Christianity where before there was nothing but barbarism.
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Adlai Stevenson

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Stevenson describes the transformation of the Northwest through civilization and education.

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