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have now reached a great era in the history alike of our country and of the world, when the old international distinctions are all to merge into one common citizenship over the whole earth, one common industry and progress, and the facilities of one common speech. There had been already, in various ways, a heralding of the approach of this new and grand era of the world's development. Latterly, the world's progressive aspects had made it obvious to most observers that this great change was approaching. But it was not until just upon the twenty-fifth century, that the formal abandonment of separate nationalities, and of their respective separate governments, took place, making thereby, of the whole world, one great and undivided human society and interest.

This was, so far, a fitting result, inasmuch as we