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is that vertical city with unimaginable diamonds.

Vehement silhouettes of Manhattan that vertical city with unimaginable diamonds. Le Corbusier

is an island about thirteen miles long and five hours wide.

is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey, devoted to the pursuit of lunch.

is a hell where culture rarely grew; but it lets two lives do all they care to do; Two Lives and Six Million

Manhattan's a hell where culture rarely grew; I But it lets two lives do all they care to do. I Two Lives and Six Million

is a place of opportunity --- Opportunity is writ large on the gateway of Manhattan; and a man isn't worth tinker's dam who doesn't want to embrace Opportunity.

You can't tell me that civilizat ion , the civilization of great cities, hasn't some distinct advantages. For one thing, I am used to cities. I know them, and I love them. I was born in one - in Louisville, to be exact; and I came to New York when I was four years old. J've li ved there ever since, and I am not sorry . E veryone in America who can gravitates toward the metropolis sooner or later. Whv? There must be a reason. There is. lt i; because Opportunity is writ large on the gateway of Manhattan; and a ma n isn't worth tinker's dam who doesn't want to embrace Opportunity. Ibid.

is a city with spires and the sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships.

My own Manhattan, with spires and the sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships.

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