The Gospel of Wealth, And Other Timely Essays, By Andrew Carnegie
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This carries with it serious responsibilities, no doubt, which we cannot escape. European nations must consult us upon territorial questions pertaining to our continent, but this makes no tremendous de- mand upon our military or naval forces. We are at home, as it were, near our base, and sure of the support of the power in whose behalf and on whose request we may act. If it be found essential to possess a coaling-station at Porto Rico for future possible, though not probable, contingencies, th...ere is no insuperable objection. Neither would the control of the West Indies be alarming if pressed upon us by Britain, since the islands are small and the populations must remain insignificant and without national aspirations. Besides, they are upon our own shores, American in every sense. Their defense by us would be easy. No protest need be entered against such legitimate and peace- ful expansion in our own hemisphere, should events work in that direction. I am no " Little " American, afraid of growth, either in population or territory, provided always that the new ter- ritory be American, and that it will produce l 5 6 Distant Possessions Americans, and not foreign races bound in time to be false to the Republic in order to be true to themselves.
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