The most perfect wonders of

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The most perfect wonders of the earth are not I rare and distant but present with every [illegible]person,—you as much as any!—

tr down Man! Woman! Youth! wherever you are, in the Northern, Southern, Eastern, or Western States—in Kanada—by the sea-coast, or far inland—the

Th What is more amazing than the day sun-rise, the day, the floods of light enveloping the fields, t waters, grass, trees, persons?—What is more beautiful than the night, the full moon, and the stars?—The prairies, the lakes, t rivers, forests,—all are

Not distant caverns, volcanoes, cataracts, curious islands, birds, foreign cities, architecture, costumes, markets, ceremonies, shows, are any more wonderful than ‸ what is common to you, near you now, and continually with you.—

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