. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . but Jack, improving the op-portunity, filled in the pause. Want to know what impressed me the most?he asked. Well — tombs. There was a general laugh at the sepulchral tonein which Jack announced his impression — so foreignto such a really live boy as Jack Dunlap. You need nt laugh, he said. Thats right —they did. I m sure we saw enough of them; weseemed to run up against them everywhere. Therewas Polks, in the State-House grounds at Nashville;and Adamss, inside the place where he went to *chur
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . but Jack, improving the op-portunity, filled in the pause. Want to know what impressed me the most?he asked. Well — tombs. There was a general laugh at the sepulchral tonein which Jack announced his impression — so foreignto such a really live boy as Jack Dunlap. You need nt laugh, he said. Thats right —they did. I m sure we saw enough of them; weseemed to run up against them everywhere. Therewas Polks, in the State-House grounds at Nashville;and Adamss, inside the place where he went to *church ; and Jacksons, in his own front-door yard ; ^and Jeffersons, hung up there on a hillside; andWebsters, almost on the seashore ; and all the re interesting enough, but they re not bigenough. What s the matter with having a West-minster Abbey sort of place for them ? We re a bigcountry and we ought to honor our great men in a greatway. Grants new tomb is going to be something like franklins clock— when it is finished. But none of the rest amount in the Philadelphia 242 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS
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