Again Teddy Roosevelt, in the beginning of chapter IV, The headwaters of the Paraguay:
It is at any rate certain that this inland region of Brazil, including the state of Matto Grosso, which we were traversing, is a healthy region, excellently adapted to settlement; railroads will speedily penetrate it, and then it will witness an astonishing development.
Took a while longer than he expected.
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