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Excerpt from American Railways
By way of introduction to What may follow, those of the British public who feel any interest at all in the subject in question should recall, in the first place, the particular circumstances in which the railway system of each country was originally brought into being, inas much as these circumstances have a material bearing on the general position to-day.
In Great Britain the era of railways followed the era of highways. The towns were settled, carriers' carts went on their regular rounds along well-made roads.
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