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2. "I have heretofore expressed the opinion that we should purchase Iceland and Greenland, but especially the latter. The reasons are political and commercial…."
3. "By this great purchase [of Alaska] we have flanked British America on the Arctic and Pacific … pressed between Alaska on the north and California, Oregon, and Washington Territory on the south, with even British Columbia now being rapidly Americanized."
4. "Now, the acquisition of Greenland will flank British America for thousands of miles on the north and west, and greatly increase her inducements, peacefully and cheerfully, to become a part of the American Union.”
