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Josiah Strong (1847-1916) was an American author and Christian missionary. His works primarily focused on the global spread of Christianity and American expansionism. Strong's book 'Our Country' had a profound impact on American nationalism and imperialism.

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“The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled.”

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Book:The New Era: Or, The Coming Kingdom

Source: The New Era: Or, The Coming Kingdom

“We have seen... that, although England is by far the richest nation of Europe, we have already outstripped her in the race after wealth, and we have only begun the development of our vast resources.”

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Book:Our Country

Source: Our Country

“In Europe the various ranks of society are, like the strata of the earth, fixed and fossilized. There can be no great change without a terrible upheaval, a social earthquake.”

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Author:Josiah Strong

“Our aristocracy, unlike that of Europe, is open to all comers.”

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Book:Our Country, Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis

Source: Our Country, Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis

About the Author

Born: 1847
Died: 1916
Known for: Author
Quotes: 18

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