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Except in a region perpetually open
to approach by land and sea, and
furnished with means of instant in-
-telligence with all the world, and the
most rapid modes of transit;
Except it represents the best re-
-sults of the attainments of the West,
and front the farthest East – show-
-ing the accumulations of a wealth, pow-
-er, and prestige; before which fade
away all the fabled splendors of
"Onnus and of Ind"; and except it
be capable of all those methods of
sanitation which insure high health,
long life, vaporous intellection, ethical
valor, and spiritual aspiration.