| | 1 | Author: | Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The Celestial Railroad  | | | | Published: | 1996 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | NOT a great while ago, passing through the gate of dreams, I
visited that
region of the earth in which lies the famous City of Destruction.
It interested me much to learn that by the public spirit of some of
the
inhabitants a railroad has recently been established between this
populous and
flourishing town and the Celestial City. Having a little time upon
my
hands, I resolved to gratify a liberal curiosity by making a trip
thither.
Accordingly, one fine morning after paying my bill at the hotel,
and directing the porter to stow my luggage behind a coach, I took
my
seat in
the vehicle and set out for the station-house. It was my good
fortune to
enjoy the company of a gentleman—one Mr. Smooth-it-away—who,
though he had never actually visited the Celestial City, yet seemed
as
well acquainted with its laws, customs, policy, and statistics, as
with
those of the City of Destruction, of which he was a native
townsman.
Being, moreover, a director of the railroad corporation and one of
its
largest stockholders, he had it in his power to give me all
desirable information respecting that praiseworthy enterprise. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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