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Skipping back, then, almost three centuries, but not traveling far as distance goes, the stranger in Boston cannot do better than to find his way from Copley Square to the Old South Church on Washington Street  that venerable building whose desecration by the British troops in 1775 the citizens found it so hard ever to forgive. SKIPPING BACK THEN ALMOST THREE CENTURIES BUT NOT TRAVELLING FAR AS DISTANCE GOES THE STRANGER IN BOSTON CANNOT DO BETTER THAN TO FIND HIS WAY FROM COPLEY SQUARE TO THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH ON WASHINGTON STREET THAT VENERABLE BUILDING WHOSE DESECRATION BY THE BRITISH TROOPS IN SEVENTEEN SEVENTY FIVE THE CITIZENS FOUND IT EVER SO HARD TO FORGIVE
y Square is the cultural center of modern Boston. The famous Lowell lectures--established about seventy-five years ago as free gifts to the people--are enthusiastically attended by audiences as Bostonese as one could hope to congregate; and in all sorts of queer nests in this vicinity are Theosophical reading-rooms, small halls where Buddhism is studied or New Thought taught, and half a hundred very new or very old philosophies, religions, fads, fashions, reforms, and isms find shelter. It is easy to linger in Copley Square: indeed, hundreds and hundreds of men and women--principally women--come from all over the United States for the sole purpose of spending a few months or a season in this very place, enjoying the lectures, concerts, and art exhibitions which are so easily and freely accessible. But in this bird's-eye flight across the historical and geographical map of a city that tempts one to many pleasant delays, we must hover for a brief moment over the South and the North Ends. ENT SCULPTURE BY BELLA PRATT COPLE SQUARE IS THE CULTURAL CENTRE OF MODERN BOSTON THE FAMOUS LOWELL LECTURES ESTABLISHED ABOUT SEVENTY FIVE YEARS AGO AS FREE GIFTS TO THE PEOPLE ARE ENTHUSIASTICALLY ATTENDED BY AUDIENCES AS BOSTONES AS ONE COULD HOPE TO CONGREGATE AND IN ALL SORTS OF QUEER NESTS IN THIS VICINITY ARE THEOSOPHICAL READING ROOMS SMALL HALLS WHERE BUDDHISM IS STUDIED OR NEW THOUGHT TAUGHT AND HALF A HUNDRED NEW OR VERY OLD PHILOSOPHIES RELIGIONS FADS FASHIONS REFORMS AND ISMS FIND SHELTER IT IS EASY TO LINGER IN COPLE SQUARE INDEED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MEN AND WOMEN PRINCIPALLY WOMEN COME FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SPENDING A FEW MONTHS OR A SEASON IN THIS VERY PLACE ENJOYING THE LECTURES CONCERTS AND ART EXHIBITIONS WHICH ARE SO EASILY AND FREELY ACCESSIBLE BUT IN THIS BIRD'S EYE FLIGHT ACROSS THE HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAP OF A CITY THAT TEMPTS ONE TO MANY PLEASANT DELAYS WE MUST HOVER FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OVER THE SOUTH AND NORTH ENDS
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