A Reconnoiter

           ThecityofChicago,withwhosedevelopmentthepersonalityofFrankAlgernonCowperwoodwassoontobedefinitelylinked!TowhommaythelaurelsaslaureateofthisFlorenceoftheWestyetfall?Thissingingflameofacity,thisallAmerica,thispoetinchapsandbuckskin,thisrude,rawTitan,thisBurnsofacity!Byitsshimmeringlakeitlay,akingofshredsandpatches,amaunderingyokelwithanepicinitsmouth,atramp,ahoboamongcities,withthegripofCaesarinitsmind,thedramaticforceofEuripidesinitssoul.Averybardofacitythis,singingofhighdeedsandhighhopes,itsheavybrogansburieddeepinthemireofcircumstance.TakeAthens,oh,Greece!Italy,doyoukeepRome!ThiswastheBabylon,theTroy,theNinevehofayoungerday.HerecamethegapingWestandthehopefulEasttosee.Herehungrymen,rawfromtheshopsandfields,idylsandromancesintheirminds,buildedthemanempirecryinggloryinthemud.

           FromNewYork,Vermont,NewHampshire,Mainehadcomeastrangecompany,earnest,patient,determined,unschooledineventheprimerofrefinement,hungryforsomethingthesignificanceofwhich,whentheyhadit,theycouldnotevenguess,anxioustobecalledgreat,determinedsotobewithouteverknowinghow.HerecamethedreamygentlemanoftheSouth,robbedofhispatrimony;thehopefulstudentofYaleandHarvardandPrinceton;theenfranchisedminerofCaliforniaandtheRockies,hisbagsofgoldandsilverinhishands.

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