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These eighteen or twenty skyey crests form the southern boundary of the so called Boston Basin, and are the most prominent feature of the southern coast. THESE EIGHTEEN OR TWENTY SKYE CRESTS FORM THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE SO CALLED BOSTON BASIN AND ARE THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE OF THE SOUTHERN COAST
laced, well tended, everything presenting that indescribable atmosphere of well-established prosperity that scorns show; of breeding that neither parades nor conceals its quality. Yes--this is Milton; this is modern Milton. Boston society receives some of its most prominent contributions from this patrician source. But modern Milton is something more than this, as old Milton was something more than this. [Illustration] For Milton, from this day of its birth, and countless centuries before its birth as a town, has lived under the lofty domination of the Blue Hills, that range of diaphanous and yet intense blue, that swims forever against the sky, that marches forever around the horizon. The rounded summits of the Blue Hills, to which the eye is irresistibly attracted before entering the town which principally claims them, are the worn-down stumps of ancient mountains, and although so leveled by the process of the ages, they are still the highest land near the coast from Maine to Mexico. GARDENS AND OLD GARDENS EVERYTHING WELL PLACED WELL TENDED EVERYTHING PRESENTING THAT INDESCRIBABLE ATMOSPHERE OF WELL ESTABLISHED PROSPERITY THAT SCORNS SHOW OF BREEDING THAT NEITHER PARADES NOR CONCEALS ITS QUALITY YES THIS IS MILTON THIS IS MODERN MILTON BOSTON SOCIETY RECEIVES SOME OF ITS MOST PROMINENT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THIS PATRICIAN SOURCE BUT MODERN MILTON IS SOMETHING MORE THAN THIS AS OLD MILTON WAS SOMETHING MORE THAN THIS FOR MILTON FROM THIS DAY OF ITS BIRTH AND COUNTLESS CENTURIES BEFORE ITS BIRTH AS A TOWN HAS LIVED UNDER THE LOFTY DOMINATION OF THE BLUE HILLS THAT RANGE OF DIAPHANOUS YET INTENSE BLUE THAT SWIMS FOREVER AGAINST THE SKY THAT MARCHES FOREVER AROUND THE HORIZON THE ROUNDED SUMMITS OF THE BLUE HILLS TO WHICH THE EYE IS IRRESISTIBLY ATTRACTED BEFORE ENTERING THE TOWN WHICH PRINCIPALLY CLAIMS THEM ARE THE WORN DOWN STUMPS OF ANCIENT MOUNTAINS AND ALTHOUGH SO LEVELED BY THE PROCESS OF THE AGES THEY ARE STILL THE HIGHEST LAND NEAR THE COAST FROM MAINE TO MEXICO
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