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1278. CITIES, Evils of.—
I view great
cities as pestilential to the morals, the
health, and the liberties of man. True, they
nourish some of the elegant arts, but the useful
ones can thrive elsewhere, and less perfection
in the others, with more health, virtue
and freedom, would be my choice.—
To Dr. Benjamin Rush. Washington ed. iv, 335.
Ford ed., vii, 459.
(M.
1800)
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