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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.</chapter> <chapter name="Brooklyn, November 5, 1849"> 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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