Moreover, the thorough knowledge of the people thus acquired by actual contact--the knowledge of their condition, necessities, and wishes--resulted often in legislation of enduring benefit to the new country.
Stevenson reflects on the importance of understanding the people's needs for effective legislation.
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This coming together is no idle ceremony, no unmeaning observance.
From the establishment of the Government the question of human slavery was the one perilous question,--the one constant menace to national unity, until its final extinction amid the flames of war.
And yet history will truly say of him that, while just to other Governments, no President has more firmly maintained the rights of his own.
Looking back through the long vista of years, it is my honest belief that such singing as his, at home or abroad, I have never heard.