The three qualities were simplicity,brevity and rationality.
He borrowed much of his ideals from classical writers of the roman Republic. he believed that the words of truth are simple.
The main way in which the railroads contributed to the end of the large buffalo herds was that "The railroad tracks were obstacles that the buffalo would not cross". It sounds silly, but the buffalo actually refused to cross the tracks for reasons that are still misunderstood.<span />
Steam engines
factories
new technology/machines
"manacles of segregation"
"chains of discrimination"
"lonely island of poverty"
"ocean of material prosperity"