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These were great men, far-seeing, courageous, patriotic, the men of Forty-nine, who in such lofty spirit and with such high hope laid the foundation of this empire on the Pacific.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid honors the pioneering spirit of the men who founded California during the Gold Rush.
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