我们祖先拥有的所有土地都是一小片乡村，位于山脉和海洋之间。从这里向西一直是印度乡村、西班牙乡村、法国乡村和英国乡村。是农民把整个国家变成了美国。如何？阿曼佐问道。好吧，儿子，西班牙人是士兵，是只想要黄金的高高在上的绅士。法国人是毛皮商人，想赚快钱。英国正忙于打仗。但我们是农民，儿子；我们想要土地。是农民翻山越岭、开荒、定居、耕种、保住自己的田地。
(all the land our forefathers had was a little strip of country, here between the mountains and the ocean. All the way from here west was Indian country, and Spanish and French and English country. It was farmers that took all that country and made it America. How? Almanzo asked. Well, son, the Spaniards were soldiers, and high-and-mighty gentlemen that only wanted gold. And the French were fur-traders, wanting to make quick money. And England was busy fighting wars. But we were farmers, son; we wanted the land. It was farmers that went over the mountains, and cleared the land, and settled it, and farmed it, and hung on to their farms.)
