Answer:
When Hugo said that he hears “the dull sound of revolution, still deep down in the earth, pushing out under every kingdom in Europe its subterranean galleries from the central shaft of the mine which is Paris” (“Les Miserable”) he anticipated the revolution and spread of republicanism from France to whole Europe.
The ability to use new farming inventions.
I believe that Ellis Island, in New York, is the most well-known station. Then there is Angel Island in San Francisco.
