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...interest of the human race that a peaceable settlement of South America by European colonies be forbidden; is it for our selfish interest so to forbid them, or would our commercial interests be advanced by having the continent populated as fast as possible; shall we permit South Americans to cede their territory to European powers, as our government proposes, or deny it, as some United States Senators demand; if we keep other powers off what shall be our own relation to South America; is there a danger of complications there possibly more real than the peril of European entanglements...
...makes little difference what profession a man takes, as long as he is not a round egg in a square hole. Be the man who, when he is told to do a thing, goes and does it. Have temperance, perseverance, self-control. Remember Horace's "Ne cede malis," and Holmes' verses beginning "Stick to your...