Washington and its Romance

Washington and its Romance

by Thomas Nelson Page
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Publication Date: 21/02/2019

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The capitals of most countries are the especial pride of their people. It is not so with us—at least, it has not been so in the past. Happily, it appears as though this condition were changing. It has, indeed, ever appeared to me strange that Americans know so little of and care so little for the capital of their own country. Nature, prodigal of gracious slope and curve and tone, has endowed it with, perhaps, more charm than any other national capital—at least, than any large European capital—and its founders laid it off on a generous plan which has left the opportunity of furthering what Nature presented, in a way to appeal to the pride of our people. Yet how large a proportion of Americans turn their eyes and their steps, not toward its majestic buildings, but to some foreign capital with its gaudy shops and commercial allurements, returning with an alien's ideas on many subjects and boasting of beauties which are not comparable to those of our own capital city.

ISBN:
9783849652814
9783849652814
Category:
Local history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
21-02-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Jazzybee Verlag

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