Thus is produced a race uniting in themselves almost every condition of physical. intellectual. and political development. a race which makes a new and mighty element of power. challenging the attention and commanding the respect of the world. These reflections are suggested by a picture as remarkable as any in the history of our country. and which would not be possible in any other land or under different conditions of government and political progress. Amid the crowd of emigrants who in the earlier years of the present century turned their baeks upon home and birthplace in New England to seek their fortunes in the growing West were two young men. born in the little State of New Hampshire. who both finally settled in the beautiful city of Detroit. which. sitting like a queen on the banks of its great highway. has for so many years commanded the trade and traffic of the Northwest. Their stern New England mother had thrown off each in turn as the northern eagle soaring from her eyrie shakes in midair her frightened fledglings from her hack to try for themselves their newgrown pinions in the upward flight and dare alone the splendor and the danger of the sky. The elder of the two was among the earlier settlers of the northern region. a soldier in its defense. and a pioneer in its development.
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