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Those white domes and pillars gleaming like Greek temples across the blue Charles, are the new buildings of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and surely Greek temples were never lovelier, nor dedicated to more earnest pursuit of things not mundane. THOSE WHITE DOMES AND PILLARS GLEAMING LIKE GREEK TEMPLES ACROSS THE BLUE CHARLES ARE THE NEW BUILDINGS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SURELY GREEK TEMPLES WERE NEVER LOVELIER NOR DEDICATED TO MORE EARNEST PURSUIT OF THINGS NOT MUNDANE
lightful man of letters who was the friend of many men of letters; he who entertained Dickens and Thackeray, and practically every foreign writer of note who visited this country; he who encouraged Hawthorne to the completion of the "Scarlet Letter," and he, who, as an appreciative critic, publisher, and editor, probably did more to elevate, inspire, and sustain the general literary tone of the city than any other single person. In these stirring days facile American genius springs up, like brush fires, from coast to coast. Novels pour in from the West, the Middle West, the South. To superficial outsiders it may seem as if Boston might be hard-pressed to keep her laurels green, but Boston herself has no fears. Her present may not shine with so unique a brilliance as her past, but her past gains in luster with each succeeding year. Nothing can ever take from Boston her high literary prestige. While we are still on Beacon Hill we can look out, not only upon the past, but upon the future. E HOME OF JAMES T FIELDS THAT DELIGHTFUL MAN OF LETTERS WHO WAS THE FRIEND OF MANY MEN OF LETTERS HE WHO ENTERTAINED DICKENS AND THACKERAY AND PRACTICALLY EVERY FOREIGN WRITER OF NOTE WHO VISITED THIS COUNTRY HE WHO ENCOURAGED HAWTHORNE TO THE COMPLETION OF SCARLET LETTER AND HE WHO AS AN APPRECIATIVE CRITIC PUBLISHER AND EDITOR PROBABLY DID MORE TO ELEVATE INSPIRE AND SUSTAIN THE GENERAL LITERARY TONE OF THE CITY THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE PERSON IN THESE STIRRING DAYS FACILE AMERICAN GENIUS SPRINGS UP LIKE BRUSH FIRES FROM COAST TO COAST NOVELS POUR IN FROM THE WEST THE MIDDLE WEST THE SOUTH TO SUPERFICIAL OUTSIDERS IT MAY SEEM AS IF BOSTON MIGHT BE HARD PRESSED TO KEEP HER LAURELS GREEN BUT BOSTON HERSELF HAS NO FEARS HER PRESENT MAY NOT SHINE WITH SO UNIQUE A BRILLIANCE AS HER PAST BUT HER PAST GAINS IN LUSTRE WITH EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR NOTHING CAN EVER TAKE FROM BOSTON HER HIGH LITERARY PRESTIGE WHILE WE ARE STILL ON BEACON HILL WE CAN LOOK OUT NOT ONLY UPON THE PAST BUT UPON THE FUTURE
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