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to the gates of Pekin and the Bay of Yedo.  In fact, as far as the continents of Europe and Asia are concerned, their people have reached a state of more or less geographic equilibrium as to the centers of population.  Their population, however, is increasing in number constantly, their soil is supporting as many as it can conveniently look after, so, all that remains is the finding of a new outlet and haven for their ever increasing millions.

3.  Westward from the old continent of Europe, and eastward from the still older continent of Asia, lie the new and undeveloped vastnesses of the new world.  Fortunately for us they were seized and taken possession of by the whites in spite of the fact that they undoubtedly were discovered and visited by the yellows many centuries before.  In those days the transportation problems were so difficult that a crossing the Pacific meant months of sailing on uncharted seas with the crudest navigation instruments and compasses that were just being understood.  Now the crossing of the Pacific is nothing, it is no more than a ferry between two points across the water.  It is not miles that count in transportation:  it is the time required to negotiate the distance.  The Pacific is no wider today than was the Atlantic at the time of our Civil

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Transcription Notes:
Yedo is an anglicisation referring to the town and port of Edo, Japan and the adjacent large bay Peking is now called Beijing