He labored unceasingly to lay the foundations of the great empire which. with almost prophetic vision. he saw beyond the mountains. by opening the way for the western movement. His foreign policy was a declaration to the world of a new national existence. and he strained every nerve to lift our politics from the colonial condition of foreign Issues. He wished all Immigration to be absorbed and molded here. so that we might be one people. one in speech and in political faith. His last words. given to the world after the grave had closed over him. were a solemn plea for a home training for the youth of the Republic. so that all men might think as Americans. untainted by foreign ideas. and rise above all local prejudices. He did not believe that mere material development was the only or the highest goal. for he knew that the true greatness of a nation was moral and intellectual. and his last thoughts were for the upbuilding of character and intelligence.
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