Importance of Good Roads (from Anonymous, c. 1917) … This appeared in a bunch of newspapers of the era.
ROADS RULE THE WORLD – NOT KINGS NOR CONGRESSES, NOT COURTS NOR CONSTABLES, NOT SHIPS NOR SOLDIERS. THE ROAD IS THE ONLY ROYAL LINE IN A DEMOCRACY, THE ONLY LEGISLATURE THAT NEVER CHANGES, THE ONLY COURT THAT NEVER SLEEPS, THE ONLY ARMY THAT NEVER QUITS, THE FIRST AID TO THE REDEMPTION OF ANY NATION, THE EXODUS FROM STAGNATION IN ANY SOCIETY, THE CALL FROM SAVAGERY IN ANY TRIBE, THE HIGH PRIEST OF PROSPERITY, WITHOUT BEGINNINGS OF DAYS OR END OF LIFE. THE ROAD IS UMPIRE IN EVERY WAR, AND WHEN THE NEW MAP IS MADE, IT SIMPLY PUSHES ON ITS GREAT CAMPAIGN OF HELP, HOPE, BROTHERHOOD, EFFICIENCY, AND PEACE.
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