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A New York Mansion

           Hisgenialsufficiencywasatauntandamockerytomany.Thehardimplicationofhiseyewasdreadedbytheweakerasfireisfearedbyaburntchild.Dissemblingenough,hewasnotsufficientlyoilyandmake-believe.

           Well,comewhatmight,hedidnotneedtobeormeantobeso,andtherethegamemustlie;buthehadnotbyanymeansattainedtheheightofhisambition.Hewasnotyetlookeduponasamoneyprince.HecouldnotrankasyetwiththemagnatesoftheEasttheserriedSequoiasofWallStreet.Untilhecouldstandwiththesemen,untilhecouldhaveamagnificentmansion,acknowledgedassuchbyall,untilhecouldhaveaworld-famousgallery,Berenice,millionswhatdiditavail?

           ThecharacterofCowperwood’sNewYorkhouse,whichprovedoneofthecentralachievementsofhislateryears,wasoneofthosefloweringsoutofdispositionwhicheventuateinthecaseofmenquiteasinthatofplants.AfterthepassingoftheyearsneitheramodifiedGothic(suchashisPhiladelphiahousehadbeen),noraconventionalizedNorman–French,afterthestyleofhisMichiganAvenuehome,seemedsuitabletohim.OnlytheItalianpalacesofmedievalorRenaissanceoriginwhichhehadseenabroadnowappealedtohimasexamplesofwhatastatelyresidenceshouldbe.Hewasreallyseekingsomethingwhichshouldnotonlyreflecthisprivatetastesastoahome,butshouldhavethemoreenduringqualitiesofapalaceorevenamuseum,whichmightstandasamonumenttohismemory.

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