Here, through the easy development of boundless resources, wealth has increased with twofold greater rapidity than numbers, so that we have become secure against the financial vicissitudes of other countries and, alike in business and in opinion, are self-centered and truly independent.
Johnson emphasizes the rapid increase of wealth in the U.S. compared to its population growth.
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