Speech on Patriotism (Document 3), item 20

• November 18, 2017 03:48:15 Thomas A. Lingner

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  Carnegie's letter.) Among

  many examples of first things

  which America has given

  to the world, one of the most

  illuminating is our Federal 

  Supreme Court. No state in

  our Union now thinks of

  taking up sword against

  another state. This is unthinkable

  since our Civil 

  War. As an illustration

  take the Chicago Drainage

  Canal Case. This

  canal was built to connect

  the Chicago river with

  the Illinois river so that the

  sewage from Chicago

  might be diverted from

  Lake Michigan to the

  Illinois river, thence to the

  Mississippi. The canal was

  
  

• July 5, 2017 00:35:39 Annick Rodriguez

  19/

  Carnegie's letter.) Among

  many examples of first things

  which America has given

  to the world one of the most

  illuminating is our Federal 

  Supreme Court. No state in

  our Union now thinks of

  taking up sword against

  another state. This is un- 

  thinkable since our Civil 

  War. As an illustration

  take the Chicago Drainage

  Canal Case. When This

  canal was built to con-

  nect the Chicago river with

  the Illinois river so that the

  sewage from Chicago

  might be diverted from

  the Lake Michigan to the

  Illinois river, thence to the

  Mississippi. The canal was

  
  

  
  

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