I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have resounded far, has any deeper sense than what he is doing to-day.-EMERSON. You will have to look back upon a century of national advancement without a parallel in history, and to look forward to its probable continuance upon a still larger scale, with an accumulation of high duties and responsibilities proportioned to an ever-growing power. GLADSTONE (Letter to the Centennial Commission, July 20, 1887). -- LIST OF MAPS FACING PAGE 3 LOCATION OF INDIAN TRIBES BRITISH COLONIES AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLUTION, 1775 . 125 THE UNITED STATES, SHOWING EXTENT OF THE SOUTHERN 445 THE UNITED STATES, SHOWING ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY, 1783 TO 1897. 497 THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS . THE WORLD, SHOWING UNITED STATES AND ITS POSSES 523 SIONS, 1900 • 593 |