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and hanging gardens of Babylon, the temples of Brahma in India, the 

 pantheon of Athens, the coliseum of Rome, Tadmor of the desert, the Pal- 

 myra of Zenobia, all were in mild and genial climes. And on the western 

 continent, the mightiest and most enduring works of its ancient people 

 were in the warm climates of Mexico, of Central America, and of Peru. 

 The most vivid imagination will fail to portray the possibilities of Califor- 

 nia in the future. Our children's children's children, if true to themselves, 

 may see California rivaling in wealth, and in the magnitude, stability, and 

 utility of her public and private works, the greatest of people of ancient or 

 modern times. 



