Mount Vernon, the home of Washington . -i V There are four swords [14] charms of life among the bestfriends I shall ever , there is Washington,my home —a great kaleido-scopic affair, a perpetualshow and museum, alwaysfilled with life and my own way I can har-monize all these, and theyare integral parts of whatmight be termed the * schemeof things. But Mount Vernon fur-nishes a singular contrast to. Old maps of the world[151 all else, for it has its indi-vidual and peculiar way ofsending thrills through onessystem—it bids you pause incontemplation. Perhaps youmurmur a sil

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Mount Vernon, the home of Washington . -i V There are four swords [14] charms of life among the bestfriends I shall ever , there is Washington,my home —a great kaleido-scopic affair, a perpetualshow and museum, alwaysfilled with life and my own way I can har-monize all these, and theyare integral parts of whatmight be termed the * schemeof things. But Mount Vernon fur-nishes a singular contrast to. Old maps of the world[151 all else, for it has its indi-vidual and peculiar way ofsending thrills through onessystem—it bids you pause incontemplation. Perhaps youmurmur a silent prayer asyou eagerly lean forward to

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