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Perhaps here, as well as any other place, you may see a characteristic assortment of what are fondly called "Boston types." PERHAPS HERE AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PLACE YOU MAY SEE A CHARACTERISTIC ASSORTMENT OF WHAT ARE FONDLY CALLED BOSTON TYPES
 of the sidewalk have much of the flavor of a bit of London. Still standing on the State House steps, facing the Common, you are also facing what has been called the noblest monument in Boston and the most successfully placed one in America. It is Saint-Gaudens's bronze relief of Colonel Robert G. Shaw commanding his colored regiment, and if you see no other sculpture in a city which has its full quota you must see this memorial, spirited in execution, spiritual in its conception of a mighty moment. If we had time to linger we could not do better than to follow Beacon Street to the left, pausing at the Athenæum, a library of such dignity and beauty that one instinctively, and properly, thinks of it as an institution rather than a mere building. To enjoy the Athenæum one must be a "proprietor" and own a "share," which entitles one not only to the use of the scholarly volumes in scholarly seclusion, but also in the afternoon to entrance to an alcove where tea is served for three pennies. EPS BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE SIDEWALK HAVE MUCH OF THE FLAVOUR OF A BIT OF LONDON STILL STANDING ON THE STATE HOUSE STEPS FACING THE COMMON YOU ARE ALSO FACING WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED THE NOBLEST MONUMENT IN BOSTON AND THE MOST SUCCESSFULLY PLACED ONE IN AMERICA IT IS SAINT GAUDEN'S BRONZE RELIEF OF COLONEL ROBERT G SHAW COMMANDING HIS COLORED REGIMENT AND IF YOU SEE NO OTHER SCULPTURE IN A CITY WHICH HAS ITS FULL QUOTA YOU MUST SEE THIS MEMORIAL SPIRITED IN EXECUTION SPIRITUAL IN ITS CONCEPTION OF A MIGHTY MOMENT IF WE HAD TIME TO LINGER WE COULD NOT DO BETTER THAN TO FOLLOW BEACON STREET TO THE LEFT PAUSING AT THE ANTHONYUM A LIBRARY OF SUCH DIGNITY AND BEAUTY THAT WON INSTINCTIVELY AND PROPERLY THINKS OF IT AS AN INSTITUTION RATHER THAN A MERE BUILDING TO ENJOY THE ANTHONYUM ONE MUST BE A PROPRIETOR AND OWN A SHARE WHICH ENTITLES ONE NOT ONLY TO THE USE OF THE SCHOLARLY VOLUMES IN SCHOLARLY SECLUSION BUT ALSO IN THE AFTERNOON TO ENTRANCE TO AN ALCOVE WHERE TEA IS SERVED FOR THREE PENNIES
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