The year has been an eventful one in witnessing two great nations, speaking one language and having one lineage, settling by peaceful arbitration disputes of long standing and liable at any time to bring those nations into bloody and costly conflict.
Grant describes a significant year marked by peaceful arbitration between two great nations that share a common heritage.
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