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this is necessary--all this the Americans regard as
nothing at all. They have indeed the faith to move
mountains.
Now come the steamboats thundering like tempests
among the hills. Two or three chase each other like
brilliant meteors; two others plow along, working
heavily, laboring and puffing, and pulling a whole
fleet of larger and smaller craft. The little town
of Newburgh alone maintains, by its trade from the
country back of it, two or three steamboats. When
one sees the number and magnificence of the Hudson
steamers, one can scarcely believe the fact, which
is true nevertheless, that it is not more than thirty
years ago since Fulton made here his first experiment
with steam power on the river, and that amid general
distrust of the undertaking.
Brooklyn, November 5, 1849. Again in New York, or
in that portion of the great city which is called
Brooklyn, and which is separated from New York by
the so-called East River, and wants to be a city
by itself, having full rights to be so because of
a character of its own. Brooklyn is as quiet as New
York is bewildering and noisy; Brooklyn is built upon
the heights of Long Island, has glorious views over
the wide harbor, and quiet, broad streets, planted
on both sides with alanthus trees,
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