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The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.

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New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village - the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white plume saying the way i...more

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New York is the concentrate of art and commerce and sport and religion and entertainment and finance, bringing to a single compact arena the gladiator...more

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It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck. No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be ...more