The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there is no further reference to a specific question, we assume that you are asking for the main claim of the essay.
If that is the case, then the answer will be this one.
We are talking about the story of "Two Ways of Seeing a River," written by American author Mark Twain.
So the claim of the essay is to ponder what we have and leaves in our lives. What we could call the gains and possessions of life and the losses, all of them with their respective baggage of experiences that make us grow. It is about the different perspectives and changes in life, things that he reflected on when he was young while piloting steamboats in the Mississippi River.
This essay is part of his book "Life on the Mississippi," written in 1883.
No, for USA got in return was a stable trade route in south east asia/ sell their wares from Filipino plantations.
The Gibbons v. Ogden case is a 1824 precedent of the United States Supreme Court, that gave Congress the control of interstate commerce.
Under a state law, New York State had granted Livingston and Fulton exclusive rights to use and navigate all waterways in the state. Gibbons arbitrarily initiated a passenger transport business between New York State and New Jersey, and Ogden sued Gibbons in violation of his exclusive business right.
Gibbons operated a steamer that ran between New York State and New Jersey State. Because of this, the restrictive regulations imposed by the State of New York were harmful to him. He argued then that it was a power of the Congress to control trade when several states were involved, so the decision of the State of New York went against this precept. The Supreme Court established that, indeed, it was the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce and that the law of the State of New York was in violation of federal antitrust laws that prohibited monopoly.
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Vedas focused on ritualistic details, uses and traditions. Upanishads focused on Spiritual enlightenment.
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