The crowds who welcomed the successive stages in the development
of American transportation were much alike in essentials–they
were all optimistic, self-congratulatory, irrepressible in their
enthusiasm, and undaunted in their outlook
The crowds who welcomed the successive stages in the development
of American transportation were much alike in essentials–they
were all optimistic, self-congratulatory, irrepressible in their
enthusiasm, and undaunted in their outlook. Dickens, perhaps,
did not miss the truth widely when, in speaking of stage
driving, he said that the cry of ‘Go Ahead!’ in America and of
‘All Right!’ in England were typical of the civilizations of the
two countries. Right or wrong, ‘Go Ahead!’ has always been the
underlying passion of all men interested in the development of
commerce and transportation in these United States.
