ot a promoter; He was teacher,
reformer, Redeemer.

Then, too, consider our imperial location on the globe. If all the
minds of all the statesmen who ever lived were combined into one vast
intellect of world-wisdom, and if this great composite brain should
take an eternity to plan, it could not devise a land better located
for power and world-dominance than the American Republic.

On the east is Europe, with an ocean between. This ocean is a highway
for commerce and a fluid fortress for defense, an open gateway of
trade and a bulwark of peace.

On the west is the Orient, with its multitude of millions. Between
Asia and ourselves is again an ocean. And again this ocean is an
invitation to effort and a condition of safety.

The Republic is thus enthroned between the two great oceans of the
world. Its seat of power commands both Europe and Cathay.

On the north is slowly building a great people, developing a dominion
as imperial as our own. The same speech and blood of kinship make
certain the ultimate union with our vital brothers across our northern
frontier.

To the south is a group of governments over whom the sheer operation
of natural forces is already establishing a sort of American oversight
and suzerainty.

Mark, now, our harbors. Behold how cunningly the Master Strategist has
placed along our coasts great ports from which communication with the
ends of earth naturally radiates.

Consider, too, the sweep of the ocean's currents in relation to this
country. Observe the direction and effect of the Gulf Stream, and of
the great current of the Pacific seas upon our coasts. Follow on your
map the direction of our rivers, and see how nicely Nature has
designed the tracery of the Republic's waterways.

In short, ponder over the incomparable position of this America of
yours--this home and country of yours--on the surface of the globe.
When you think of it, not only will your mind be uplifted in pride,
but you will sink to your knees in prayerful gratitude that the Father
has given you such a land, with such opportunities, for your earthly
habitation.

Attempt now to estimate our resources. Your mathematics are not equal
to it. The available productivity of the Mississippi Valley exceeds
the supply of all the fertile regions of fable or history. The country
watered by the Columbia or the Oregon surpasses in wealth-producing
power the valleys of the Nile or the Euphrates in ancient times.

Our deposits of co