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novel, which will represent the West as it is will 

 be conceived and executed in a spirit absolutely 

 original, differing in form, although not inferior in 

 form, from what we have already. If style be 

 " the stamp which makes thought current," the 

 thinkers of the Pacific Slope must mould a die of 

 their own. They cannot expect their message to 

 the world to be franked by others. Improperly 

 stamped, it must be sent to the Dead-Letter Office. 



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