"The world admires wealth and velocity-these are the things for which everyone strives. Railroads, the post, steamboats, and all possible modes of communication are the means by which the world overeducates itself and freezes itself in mediocrity."

Society, Wealth, Communication, Education, Mediocrity

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"The world admires wealth and velocity-these are the things for which everyone strives. Railroads, the post, steamboats, and all possible modes of communication are the means by which the world overeducates itself and freezes itself in mediocrity."

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