Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 136
Americans go to Europe to seescenery infinitely inferior to our own, uponwhich they have never looked. We say thereare no ruins in this country, and cross theocean to admire crumbling piles less majesticand less interesting than remain in America. Weread of famous gorges and defiles abroad, andare… … I24 be lost forever. And not one American in tenthousand has ever looked upon its grandeur. Of course, we know the Sahara, for that isnot American; but you will seek far to findany one who is familiar with an Americandesert as absolute and as fearful. We areaware of our giant redwoods in…
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