William Henry Parr Greswell
Published: 2017-12-16
Total Pages: 102
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Excerpt from The United States and Their Industries Throughout the whole of this great continent, both in Canada and in the United States, English may be said to be the chief official language. This is a great advantage, because it enables all the people of the country to converse freely with one another, to transact business, and to express themselves in the same way. They are induced also to use the same laws, Observe the same customs, and to frame the same institutions. If we regard the West Indies, and all the Islands of the Caribbean Seas, as the insular appendages of North America, we shall see that here, too, the same remark Will apply, and that English language, law, and customs are predominant. Just recently the Spanish have been conquered by the United States, and turned out of Cuba and Porto Rico, their last possessions in the New World. Thus it is probable that English will be adopted as the official and business language in these islands also. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.