I believe that in the END the abolition of war, the MAINTENANCE of WORLD peace, the adjustment of international QUESTIONS by pacific means will come through the force of public opinion, which controls nations and peoples.
Read MoreThe public conviction that a railroad linking the WEST and the East was an absolute necessity BECAME so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an ACT in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the MISSISSIPPI to the Pacific.
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