It may be confidently asserted that this canal, as to the extent of its route, as to the countries which it connects, and as to the consequences which it will produce, is without a parallel in the history of mankind.
Alexander asserts the unparalleled significance of the canal project in human history.
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As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
In less than twelve months we shall be in war, and that the bloodiest in history.
Public sentiment generally sustained the Administration in such action, but many persons, including conservative Republicans, frequently questioned the right or justice of such procedure.
The absence of violent democratic innovations was the Constitution's remarkable feature.
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