THK SULTJI i"KuXT OF THE HOUSr; WIXG OF THE CAPlTOE 



Washington well justifies the statement that it is a city of magnificent distances. Stand- 

 ing on the brow of Capitol Hill, we may gaze ofif to the west to the great monument, made 

 needle-like in the distance, and beyond it to the hills of Virginia, wrapped in the blue of the 

 distance. To the northwest lies the newer city, stretching far away to the heights of 

 Maryland. 



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