. Book of the Royal blue . •a as *3 £ S IMPRESSIONS OF WASHINGTON. MR. FREDERIC HARRISON, in theNineteenth Century Magazine, writesinterestingly of his impressions ofAmerica and his tribute to Washingtontherein is impartial and complimentary: * * * The ceremony of the Inaugu-ration of the President and Vice-Presidentat Washington on the 4th of March is,indeed, a characteristic and suggestivefunction. I had the good fortune to wit-ness it this year under the most favorableconditions, and was deeply impressed withall it represented. It summed up the vastextent and power of the United States, its
. Book of the Royal blue . •a as *3 £ S IMPRESSIONS OF WASHINGTON. MR. FREDERIC HARRISON, in theNineteenth Century Magazine, writesinterestingly of his impressions ofAmerica and his tribute to Washingtontherein is impartial and complimentary: * * * The ceremony of the Inaugu-ration of the President and Vice-Presidentat Washington on the 4th of March is,indeed, a characteristic and suggestivefunction. I had the good fortune to wit-ness it this year under the most favorableconditions, and was deeply impressed withall it represented. It summed up the vastextent and power of the United States, itsabsolute democracy, the simplicity, easeand homeliness of its government, its con-tempt of forms, its entire confidence initself and perfect satisfaction with its ownways. In the grand Capitol of the noblecity of Washington, than which no fineredifice or city exists in the Old World, weregathered the men chosen by the adult citi-zens of a nation of some seventy millions,scattered over a vast continent. ThePresident, Vic
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