The government passed the Pacific Railway Act in 1862.
In this, they allowed the construction of a transcontinental railroad. They had participation in 4 of 5 transcontinental railroads.
He wrote about a cannibalistic tribe in Brazilian forests who ate their opponents in rituals after wars. He compared them to barbarians of the 16th century Europe. He would support those societies that glorified the ideal of humanity and supported freedoms while he would criticize oppressive regimes that were against the renaissance ideal of humanism.<span />
