CASTLES IN SPAIN.

abiding foundations, and these visions
no longer fade before the brightness
sun;
 To restore that which war has laid
establish communications through which
tions of these regions will be sure of
and amicable exchange become easy to a
land, we must 'be largely indebted, no
good and wise action of those in powe
principled politicians, both North and


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 of the night
of the. rising


in ruins, and
h the piroduc-
good markets,
ll parts of our
doubt, to the
r. When un-


South,


shall


have become entangled in the nets they have spread
for the unwary, and, reaping the fruits of their own
selfish follies, shall have been put aside for honest
men to fill their places (for surely there are more
than ten righteous men left to save our country)-men
who will labor earnestly to establish good institutions
of every kind, and secure every facility for rapid
transportation and communication all over our land-
then we may confidently hope to see developed the
best moral elements as well as the full natural re-
sources of this whole united country.
 But while recognizing the great importance of co-
 operation and aid from our Government to secure the
 most speedy development of this and all other States
 in our Union, we also know that much can and must
*be done, by individual effort, while waiting for the
tardy assistance of those in high places.
 On my first visit to Florida I spent several weeks
 in a part of the State where I had the best opportuni-
 ties of constantly observing what ignorance, neglect,
 and misfortune had done, and, by the contrast which
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