Chapter headings: The God in the Machine -- The Sea -- Women -- Science -- The City -- The Inner Life -- The West -- Polemics -- Varia -- Verities -- Envoy.

The construction of the transcontinental railroad (1865–1869) marked a milestone in United States history, symbolizing both the joining of the country’s two

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