Excerpt from The Eagle's Wings, Vol. 13: The Age of Expansion, 1868-1910 When we consider the pinnacle of greatness to which this Western Republic has climbed, there seems to be some reason to believe that we to-day are living in her golden age. Into the great crucible, America, every country in the world has poured its stream of liberty-lovers, freedom-seekers; and from this melting-pot has come forth a race whose moral fibre is unequalled in the world. For when before in the history of warfare has a war been waged for the purpose of assisting a neighbor people to gain 'their liberty? 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.