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scale; the Broadway, of Oxford Street; and the Central 

 Park, with its hedges, lakes, and zoological garden (then 

 in prospect), of similar institutions elsewhere. A 

 curiosity here is a woman's church, conducted entirely 

 by the fair sex, whose object is to embody religion instead 

 of theology, to put an end to war, and to unite all man- 

 kind under the divine law of love, " Thou shalt love thy 

 neighbour as thyself" The Spiritualists of New York 

 likewise have their temple ; and no doubt many other 

 specialities exist there which we have no desire to 

 find reproduced in the older country. 



After a short stay I returned to England by the 

 *' Java," one of Cunard's fastest steamers, and enjoyed 

 rest and quiet, which was very welcome after a journey 

 of some 26,000 miles. 



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