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features which are essential to give the full effect of sub- 

 limity to an ocean view. There are no jutting headlands, 

 no deep bays, no islands, or "cold, grey stones;" nothing 

 in fact but an even line of sandy shore. The unbounded 

 expanse of water, with its ever changing hues and moods, 

 comprises in itself all that conveys the impression of 

 grandeur, in which it is in no wise inferior to the ocean 

 except in a single characteristic, and that is one which 

 would only be observed by a practised eye. The heavy 

 ground swell which is often seen in the ocean when no 

 wind is blowing, and which is the result of storms so 

 distant that no other evidence of them can be discovered 

 is never seen in the lake. While its storms last, its 

 breakers are as grand and terrific as those of the ocean, 

 but the waves subside with the winds, and we never see, 

 as on the ocean, a surface unrippled by a breath of air, 

 but heaving with a solemn series of advancing waves 

 which break upon the shore with a roar like thunder. 



The lake is the one single natural feature which 

 Chicago can command which possesses intrinsic sublim- 

 ity and unceasing interest. In arranging a park upon its 

 borders, therefore, it should be the objective point of 

 attractive interest, the development and exhibition of 

 which it should be the study of the artist to secure under 

 such variety of conditions as would tacitly acknowledge its 

 supremacy. The shaping of the ground and the arrange- 

 ment of the trees should have reference to this end, and 

 the drives and walks should be so arranged as to open 

 views of the lake from different points, giving continual 

 variety by the different framing of hills or foliage through 



