...republic is to be decided in the West ; " a young empire of mind, and power, and wealth, rushing up to giant manhood with a rapidity and a power never before witnessed below the sun." No one can doubt this fact, who will ponder, even for a short time, the extent, resources and numerical...

...is said significantly, "It was delivered in several of the Atlantic cities." " The West," said he, "is a young empire of mind and power and wealth and free institutions, rushing up to a giant with a rapidity and a power never before witnessed below the sun ; and, if she carries with her the...

...in American antiquarian society, Proceedings, new series, 29:235. 192 George M. Stephenson MVHR der heaven, must affect powerfully the cause of free institutions...rushing up to a giant manhood, with a rapidity and power never before witnessed below the sun. And if she carries with her the elements of her preservation,...

...famous Plea for the West. "The West is destined to be the great central power of the nation. . . . The West is a young empire of mind, and power, and...and a power never before witnessed below the sun. . . . Such an extent of forest never fell before the arm of man, and gave place as by enchantment,...

...the Pope" figured prominently in this manifesto, he also showed more liberal and far-sighted views: The West is a young empire of mind, and power, and...a giant manhood with a rapidity and a power never witnessed below the sun. And if she carries with her the elements of her preservation, the experiment...

...views of the people correspond with these relative proportions," he exulted with characteristic spirit. "The West is a young empire of mind and power and...and a power never before witnessed below the sun." Likewise his family, looking back on the same early times at Walnut Hills, would recall an intense...