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But Washington was a great man, a state-builder who fought wars and founded governments. He knew that nations were raised up and made great and efficient, and that civilization was advanced, not by laissez aller and laissez faire, but by much patient human striving.
Whatever the reason, within five years Virginia's attitude had again shifted, and she had become once more what she had been in 1798-99, the rallying point of the forces of Confederation and State Rights. "John Marshall stands in history as one of that small group of men who have founded States. He was a nation-maker, a state-builder.
Our advent in Springvale was just at the time of its transition from a plains trading-post to a Territorial town with ambition for settlement and civilization. I can see now that John Baronet deserved the place he came to hold in that frontier community, for he was a State-builder.
He has his eyes upon the ground, and uses snails instead of stars for horses. The old farmer was a pioneer, and he had all the courage, enterprise, and resourcefulness of the pioneer. He was virile, above all things else. He owned and controlled everything in sight. He was a state-builder. Half a century ago, in the Middle West, the strong men and the influential families were largely farmers.
"Show him in," he said abruptly, and while he waited in the office rated himself for his folly in wasting time. Underneath bushy brows steel-gray eyes took Dave in shrewdly. "Well, what is it?" snapped the millionaire. "The new gusher in the Malapi pool," answered Sanders at once, and his gaze was as steady as that of the big state-builder. "You represent the parties that own it?" "Yes."
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