Excerpt from First Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of the Northern Counties of Arkansas Made During, 1858
The citizens of Arkansas, so far as I have had an opportunity of ascertaining by intercourse with them, are so well aware of the impor tance and utility of a geological survey of their state, that it is hardly necessary for me to enlarge upon the subject. But a few remarks of paramount interest suggest themselves.
It has been justly inferred, from the history of nations, that the people who have reached the highest state of civilization and intelligence, and who possess the greatest wealth and influence, are those who enjoy the most extensive facilities of commercial interchange, who possess within themselves the largest means of producing the staple articles of food, and who manufacture the substantial fabrics supplying wearing apparel, the implements of husbandry, and all kinds of useful machinery.
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