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with increased admiration on those wonderful works of human ingenuity, perseverance, and industry, the products of the heads and hands of my own countrymen.
(1869)
Peace, well-being, happiness—these were the gist of all his diplomatic speeches:
May our two flags float beside one another to the most distant time, as they float today, for the maintenance of peace, and for the well-being not only of our own countries but of all nations,
(1904)
were his words to the Kaiser. Of America he said:
My earnest wish and hope is that England and America should go hand in hand in peace and prosperity.
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