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After preparing the plan and the above letter describ- 

 ing the property, the writer became still more deeply 

 enlisted in the work: — a project looking to the inter- 

 est, the comfort and the pleasure of every citizen of 

 Boston, the poor as well as the rich, and especially with 

 a feeling of natural pride that the old city of Boston 

 would uo longer stand behind other large cities of the 

 world in having a common breathing ground for its 

 citizens, uor her glory be dimmed by longer neglecting 

 to purchase the necessary domain for this purpose. 



The citizens may now rejoice together, and with 

 heart and voice commend the work so well advanced, 

 (except the manner of doing it,) the well chosen site, 

 the opportunities that proved so propitions for the 

 selection and purchasing of some of the land required. 

 We can now try to foi'get the conflicts and struggles of 

 the past few years in the city government; the spirit 



