Nec vero ille civilius quam parens noster auctoritate consilio fide reclusit vias portus patefecit, itinera terris litoribus mare litora mari reddidit, diversasque gentes ita commercio miscuit, ut quod genitum esset usquam, id apud omnes natum videretur.
Herein he proved himself no finer citizen than our Father, who in his wisdom and authority and devotion to his people has opened roads, built harbours, created routes overland, let the sea into the shore and moved the shore out to sea, and linked far distant peoples by trade so that natural products in any place now seem to belong to all.
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