Rome attained proportions surpassing in grandeur all the nations of antiquity.
The origin, development and apogee of Rome greatly resemble the origin, development and apogee of the United States. The colony on the Tiber began like the colony at Plymouth Rock. When the Roman republic was transforming itself into an empire, Julius Ceasar was assassinated. So, too, in the United States, was McKinley.
Rome decayed and perished through its system of centralized empire; and the United States of America should always bear in mind this great example of history.
IV.
It may be said without fear of contradiction that in the present state of the world, frontiers are artificial.
people of various nationalities mingle and commingle with one another, and certain nations have an influence upon certain others. Everything in the land travels today, thought, speech, being and things; so that a policy of non interference has become impossible. The illness of a nation affects its neighbors within a few hours. The pulse of the United States, for example, is felt instantly in France, England or Germany. The idea, the spark that springs into existence here, illuminates the Old World, and the spirit of the latter has, in its turn, an influence upon the mind and heart of the New.
Human society is an organism, similar in character to the individual body. It has arteries, veins, lungs, members, vessels and cells. If we touch any part of the body, the brain instantly feels the effect; and in the same