History
| mi | km | |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 314 | 505 |
| AZ | 401 | 645 |
| NM | 487 | 784 |
| TX | 186 | 299 |
| OK | 432 | 695 |
| KS | 13 | 21 |
| MO | 317 | 510 |
| IL | 301 | 484 |
| Total in 1926 | 2448 | 3940 |
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“So in accepting the leading of the sentiments, it is not what we believe concerning the immortality of the soul, or the like, but the universal impulse to believe, that is the material circumstance, and is the principal fact in this history of the globe.”
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