Word: continentality
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¶That he had gone on a " junket" across the continent, his railroad bills being paid by the Government, the remainder of his expenses, amounting to $5,400, being paid by Mortimer.
Taditionally England has feared too powerful a neighbor on the continent. The Armada, Blenheim, Waterloo, and the Battles on the Marne illustrate that better than any words or any theories. And so England, is perforce opposed to a Rhineland State, assumedly under the protection of France and joining in the...
"He was the greatest man that ever grew up on this American continent. He is growing, too. He grows. Yes, he grows. I have just been reading of the time he had. I read one of the most recent books on Lincoln two years ago. It was rather an account...
" I come from a troubled continent. Yours is a continent of peace. For God's sake keep it so. Keep it, keep it. Your industries are the industries of peace. Your interest above all is the interest of peace."
Christopher Columbus IX, Duke of Veragua, direct descendant in the ninth generation of Explorer Columbus: " The Chicago Daily Tribune alleged that its correspondent in Madrid asked me for a message to America on Columbus Day, that I replied: 'I wonder what Grandfather Christopher would think of America today. If...