E. B. White - Here Is New York (1949)

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By comparison with other less hectic days, the city is unconfortable and inconvenient; but New Yorkers tempramentally do not crave comfort and convenience - if they did they would live elsewhere.

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New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village—the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white plume saying the way is up!

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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.

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A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate millions... Of all targets New York has a certain clear priority. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm.

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On any person who desires such queer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy.

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New york provides not only a continuing excitation but also a spectacle that is continuing.

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Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion.

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It is by all odds the loftiest of cities. It even managed to reach the highest point in the sky at the lowest moment of the depression.

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Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.

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New York blends the gift of privacy with the excitement of participation; and better than most dense communities it succeeds in insulating the individual (if he wants it, and almost everybody wants or needs it) against all enormous and violent and wonderful events that are taking place every minute.

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