I have found some people who would not admit it at first, and I was compelled to talk and persuade them of the fact, a labor that ought to be unnecessary.

The truth should always speak for itself.

Vermont isn't the most fertile state in the Union and it's not the largest, but it's the best producer of men, or I should say the producer of the best men." "What will Massachusetts say to that?
I've read Daniel Webster's speech in reply to Hayne." "Oh, Massachusetts, of course, has more people, I'm merely speaking of the average." "Nebraska hasn't been settled long," said Pennington, "but you just wait.
When we get a population we'll make both Vermont and Massachusetts take a back seat." "And that population, or at least the best part of it," rejoined the undaunted Warner, "will come from Vermont and Massachusetts and other New England states." "Sunset and the gap together are close at hand," said Dick, "and however the mountains of Virginia may compare with those of Vermont, it's quite certain that the sun setting over the two states is the same." "I concede that," said Warner; "but it looks more brilliant from the Vermont hills." Nevertheless, the sun set in Virginia in a vast and intense glow of color, and as the twilight came they entered the gap..