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And
here I will record of Washington that I saw it, under the magic hand
of Alexander R. Shepherd, grow from a straggling, ill-paved city,
to one of the cleanest, most beautiful, and attractive cities of
the whole world. Its climate is
salubrious, with as much sunshine
as any city of America. The country
immediately about it is
naturally beautiful and romantic, especially up the Potomac, in the
region of the Great Falls; and, though the soil be poor as compared
with that of my present home, it is susceptible of easy improvement
and embellishment. The social
advantages cannot be surpassed
even in London, Paris, or Vienna; and among the resident population,
the members of the Supreme Court, Senate, House of Representatives,
army, navy, and the several executive departments, may
be found an intellectual class one cannot encounter in our commercial
and manufacturing cities. |
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