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A century ago we were three million people; now forty million; then we had a little border on the Atlantic; we are now extended to the Pacific.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “A century ago we were three million people; now forty million; then we had a little border on the Atlantic; we are now…”
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Sherman contrasts the growth of the United States over a century, highlighting its expansion and population increase.
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