"If we will measure other people's corn in our own bushel, let us first take it to the Divine standard, and have it sealed."

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What a glorious new Scandinavia might not Minnesota become! Here the Swede would find again his clear, romantic lakes, the plains of Scane rich in corn, and the valleys of Norrland; here the Norwegian would find his rapid rivers ... The climate, the situation, the character of the scenery agrees with our people better than that of any other American States.

— Fredrika Bremer