New York in the Nineteenth Century: A Discourse Delivered Before the New York Historical Society, on Its Sixty-Second Anniversary, November 20, 1866 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from New York in the Nineteenth Century: A Discourse Delivered Before the New York Historical Society, on Its Sixty-Second Anniversary, November 20, 1866

In accepting the honor of your invitation to speak at this Anniversary, I find myself at. Once re lieved and oppressed by the subject that forces itself upon me - relieved from all trouble in its choice, and oppressed by the utter impossibility of its adequate treatment. What topic can compare in importance and interest to this great city - our native or adopted home; and Who shall presume to treat it adequately in all its vastness, variety, and constant evolution? As we gaze, the wonder grows! And not even our daily familiarity With its streets and manners and business and people can hide from us the truth that it is one of the striking facts of the nineteenth cen tury - one of the marvels of the age7 if not one of the wonders of the world.

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