I shall speak of the new duties that are upon us and the new world that is opening to us with the new century--of the spirit in which we should advance and the results we have the right to ask.
Reid outlines his intention to discuss the responsibilities and opportunities facing the nation in the new century.
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Give them order and justice, and trust to these to win them in other regards to our ways.
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