Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good . upon MuddyRiver and review its history, and then consider what the muchlarger Charles River would be like, if similarly transformedby damming out the tide, the waiting period will not be flats put permanently out of sight under water, and thedrowned marshes rescued from the recurrent floods; naviga-tion freed entirely from dependence on the tides, public land-ings being provided, if needed, for the discharge of stone,
Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good . upon MuddyRiver and review its history, and then consider what the muchlarger Charles River would be like, if similarly transformedby damming out the tide, the waiting period will not be flats put permanently out of sight under water, and thedrowned marshes rescued from the recurrent floods; naviga-tion freed entirely from dependence on the tides, public land-ings being provided, if needed, for the discharge of stone,brick, lime, and other heavy water-borne freight; a waterparkway in the centre of the metropolis six or eight miles inlength, according to the position which may be chosen for thedam; the ugly and muddy, but now public, shores of thestream converted into green slopes, and bushy or tree-cladbanks; new driveways and footpaths along or near thesebanks, leading pleasantly to Boston from all the westernsuburbs; abundant opportunity for pleasure-boating in sum-mer and for skating and ice-boating in winter; electriclaunches running regularly and calling at many landings.
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