rn States; the States of the great basin
of the Mississippi Valley, including the imperial State of Texas; the
Rocky Mountain States, and the States of the Pacific Slope, including
that remarkable, and only partially explored Territory, Alaska.

"From these group studies, the children may learn many object lessons,
which might demonstrate to them, the natural supremacy of this republic,
over other nations. I may mention the following, as noteworthy: The
Great Lakes of the Middle West; with a coast line of more than three
thousand miles in length; with an interstate commerce which exceeds in
tonnage, the combined shipping trade of France and Germany. The
marvelous capacity of the great agricultural States of the Mississippi
Valley to become the granary of the world; to furnish its entire food
supply, of bread, beef and pork. The imperial State of Texas, with its
wealth of wheat, cane, corn, cotton and cattle; with a domain so wide,
that it equals in extent, that of Great Britain, European Turkey,
Switzerland, Denmark and Portugal. Again, passing to the uttermost
regions of the Great Northwest, we should find the mammoth Territory of
Alaska, rich in its unexplored forests, mineral deposits and golden
sands; with a picturesque coast line of fabulous extent, stretching away
to the North far beyond the Arctic Circle, indented by a multitude of
romantic bays and inlets, where jutting crags, bold promontories of
basaltic rock, countless islands, sparkling water and shining glaciers,
fill the measure of beauty and grandeur.

"Thus educated, the future guardians of the political welfare of the
republic, would understand the natural wants of its widely separated
sub-divisions; they would fully appreciate the significance of its
destiny as a nation. They would always be loyal to the demands of that
destiny, which should be commensurate with its inexhaustable resources,
with the magnitude of its domain. A domain so immense, that when
compared with the countries of the Old World, without counting island
possessions, or the Territory of Alaska, it exceeds in extent, the
combined areas of China proper, Japan, Austria, Germany, France, Spain,
Portugal, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Sweden,
Switzerland, Great Britain, and European Turkey. With the hearts of its
voters inspired by such patriotic teachings, the Republic must endure;
must fulfill its prophetic destiny! Naught can prevail against it! Not
even the selfis