“Though [New Yorkers] live by the sea, they take vacations to go somewhere else to be by the sea. Of the many odd things about New Yorkers, there is this: How is it that people living in the world’s greatest port, a city with no neighborhood that is far from a waterfront, a city whose location was chosen because of the sea, where the great cargo ships and tankers, mighty little tugs, yachts, and harbor patrol boats glide by, has lost all connection with the sea, almost forgotten that the sea is there?” New YorkEcologyAlienationOystersThe SeaMaritime HistoryNew York History Book:The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell Source: The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
“Our orthodox friends need not be told that all merit in this world is comparative; and once for all, we desire to say that where anything which involves qualities or character is asserted, we must be understood to mean "under the circumstances.” American LiteratureFrontierNineteenth Century LiteratureNew York History Book:The Pioneers Source: The Pioneers