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Excerpt from Serving the Republic: Memoirs of the Civil and Military Life of Nelson a Miles That part of our country's past history which treats of the expansion of our civilization in the terri tory west of the Mississippi, and the causes thereof, will come in for notice in the course of my narrative, as will also the more salient features of our present conditions, the possible trend of our country's future, and the responsibilities and possibilities which lie before us. I hope that what I have to say may pro mote confidence in the young men of to-day and in spire them with patriotism, since, of necessity, the destiny of our great Republic depends chiefly upon them and those who shall follow them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.