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Unlike the great States of Europe and Asia and many of those of America, these United States are wasting their strength neither in foreign war nor domestic strife.
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gutenberg.orgFranklin Pierce: “Unlike the great States of Europe and Asia and many of those of America, these United States are wasting their strength…”
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Pierce contrasts the stability of the United States with the turmoil of other nations.
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