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The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled.

Josiah Strong

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Josiah Strong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1847
Born: January 19
Died: 1916
Died: April 28
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