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We must return to Sacra-
-mento for a modern instance
of city-building, that has in it
the characteristics of forsight [foresight],
plan, outlook, relativity, en-
-terprise and grip upon resources.
Successful beyond all prece-
-dent – baffled beyond all
paralell [parallel] – masterful in
the struggle with fates – and
triumphant rather in its
growth of men than in its
swell of population it has been. and con-
-centrating upon itself the State's
administration, and securing its Capital,