We do not easily realise the corporate character of life in those days. Hannibal in 1839 was already a corporate community and had an atmosphere of its own. I feel as if I were part of a corporate body, which leads to misplaced decorum. In the United States the railways are now owned by corporate companies. Borne by Corporate and other Bodies and Communities, as cities, colleges, &c. They had about one second in which to absorb this vision of corporate purpose.