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The vision resumed and extended over the whole earth -- Present character of different nations -- Future progress of society with respect to commerce; discoveries; inland navigation; philosophical, medical and political knowledge -- Science of government -- Assimilation and final union of all languages -- Its effect on education and on the advancement of physical and moral science -- The physical precedes the moral, as Phosphor precedes the Sun -- View of a general Congress from all nations, assembled to establish the political harmony of mankind -- Conclusion.
Hesper again his heavenly power display'd And shook the yielding canopy of shade.