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"A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas."
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"The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule."
Home
"Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage down the middle of the house."
Being
"Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity."
Humanity
"It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below."
Nostalgia
"America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution."
Revolution
"A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas."
Geography
"The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward."
Independence
"We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption."
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"Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect."
Climate
"Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte."
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"Ghana, a land full of Gold! Africa, a land full of resources!"
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"The silver Thames takes some part of this county in its journey to Oxford."
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"When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well."
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"The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare."
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"A journey of four hundred and thirty miles can be made in any part of the United States, but in Turkey it takes as many days."
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"There isn't a parallel of latitude but thinks it would have been the equator if it had had its rights."
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"How can the mind take hold of such a country? Generations of invaders have tried, but they remain in exile. The important towns they build are only retreats, their quarrels the malaise of men who cannot find their way home. India knows of their trouble. She knows of the whole world's trouble, to its uttermost depth. She calls "Come" through her hundred mouths, through objects ridiculous and august. But come to what? She has never defined. She is not a promise, only an appeal."
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"We have 45,000 square miles of geography in Ohio."
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"I like geography. I like to know where places are."
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"Manhattan is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey devoted to the pursuit of lunch."
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