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If you find your way up the hill, into the monument, and up the stairs out to the balcony, probably you will encounter no other tourist. IF YOU FIND YOUR WAY UP THE HILL INTO THE MONUMENT AND UP THE STAIRS OUT TO THE BALCONY PROBABLY YOU WILL ENCOUNTER NO OTHER TOURIST
etter place than on the topmost balcony of the Soldier's Monument on Dorchester Heights. The trip to Dorchester Heights, in South Boston, is, through whatever environs one approaches it, far from attractive. This section of the city, endowed with extraordinary natural beauty and advantage of both land and water, and irrevocably and brilliantly graven upon the annals of American history, has been allowed to lose its ancient prestige and to sink low indeed in the social scale. Nevertheless it is to Dorchester Heights that we, as travelers down the Old Coast Road, and as skimmers over the quickly turning pages of our early New England history, must go, and having once arrived at that lovely green eminence, whitely pointed with a marble shaft of quite unusual excellence, we must grieve once more that this truly glorious spot, with its unparalleled view far down the many-islanded harbor to the east and far over the famous city to the west, is not more frequented, more enjoyed, more honored. LIMPSE THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE THAN ON THE TOPMOST BALCONY OF THE SOLDIER'S MONUMENT ON DORCHESTER HEIGHTS THE TRIP TO DORCHESTER HEIGHTS IN SOUTH BOSTON IS THROUGH WHATEVER ENVIRONS ONE APPROACHES IT FAR FROM ATTRACTIVE THIS SECTION OF THE CITY ENDOWED WITH EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL BEAUTY AND ADVANTAGE OF BOTH LAND AND WATER AND IRREVOCABLY AND BRILLIANTLY GRAVEN UPON THE ANNALS OF AMERICAN HISTORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO LOSE ITS ANCIENT PRESTIGE AND TO SINK LOW INDEED IN THE SOCIAL SCALE NEVERTHELESS IT IS TO DORCHESTER HEIGHTS THAT WE AS TRAVELLERS DOWN THE OLD COAST ROAD AND AS SKIMMERS OVER THE QUICKLY TURNING PAGES OF OUR EARLY NEW ENGLAND HISTORY MUST GO AND HAVING ONCE ARRIVED AT THAT LOVELY GREEN EMINENCE WHITELY POINTED WITH A MARBLE SHAFT OF QUITE UNUSUAL EXCELLENCE WE MUST GRIEVE ONCE MORE THAT THIS TRULY GLORIOUS SPOT WITH ITS UNPARALLELED VIEW FAR DOWN THE MANY ISLANDED HARBOR TO THE EAST AND FAR OVER THE FAMOUS CITY TO THE WEST IS NOT MORE FREQUENTED MORE ENJOYED MORE HONORED
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