“It seems hardly fair to quarrel with a place because its staple commodity is not pretty, but I am sure I should have liked Cincinnati much better if the people had not dealt so very largely in hogs.” PeopleIfsShouldSeemsCitiesFairsShould HaveCommodityQuarrelsHogStaplesNot Pretty Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
“[On New York City:] Were all America like this fair city, and all, no, only a small proportion of its population like the friends we left there, I should say that the land was the fairest in the world.” WorldShouldAmericaLeftCitiesLandNew YorkFairsPopulationProportionNew York City Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
“Situated on an island which I think it will one day cover, it rises like Venice from the sea, and like that fairest of cities in the days of her glory, receives into its lap tribute of all the riches of the earth.” ThinkingEarthCitiesSeaNew YorkOne DayGloryRichesIslandsLapTributeVenice Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
