The New England magazine . st important advantage of whicha city might boast. And if it meantmerely that the attrition and decaysof time had wrought a mellowing andquaint effect, the characterizationmight even be undesirable. In thatparticular we are glad to have thosewho come to Boston expecting tofind a city moss-grown and lichenedwith its quite respectable antiquityseverely disappointed. But the quality of a fine traditionpersisting through years of vast, al-most immeasurable change, that indi-cates the spirit of a citizenship thatlives not for bread alone, may wellawaken civic pride and cl
The New England magazine . st important advantage of whicha city might boast. And if it meantmerely that the attrition and decaysof time had wrought a mellowing andquaint effect, the characterizationmight even be undesirable. In thatparticular we are glad to have thosewho come to Boston expecting tofind a city moss-grown and lichenedwith its quite respectable antiquityseverely disappointed. But the quality of a fine traditionpersisting through years of vast, al-most immeasurable change, that indi-cates the spirit of a citizenship thatlives not for bread alone, may wellawaken civic pride and claim thestudious attention of the visitor. Because Boston is, and always hasbeen, something more than a money-making and money-spending center,it will not be satisfied merely with thelatest expression of modernity, butwill always be looking for some touchof intrinsic excellence. There has always been in Boston apride that has refused to accept thelatest dicta of art or of business methodwithout some reservations in favor of.
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