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more. No doubt when you are close to it, there is a vast majesty 1875 

 in its deep roar ; but it is never grating, or harsh, or startling ; Tfloro,d 

 never a sound of terror, though it is indeed a voice of strength. 

 Sweet, penetrating, winning rather than forcing its presence on 

 you, it lulls you gently to sleep, as you listen to it from afar. 

 And if I may so express myself without irreverence, I seemed 

 while listening to it to understand as with a new intelligence how 

 the Apostle John must himself have been listening with a like 

 lingering rapture to the soft sweet music of some distant cataract, 

 when writing by the Spirit of God about Him, who is Himself 

 God's word and mouth-piece, he said " His voice was as the 

 sound of many waters." 



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My stay at the Falls was short, but, if measured by the new 

 thoughts, and the deep fresh happiness they gave, it was a thing 

 of months, nay, years. Like all other sorts of happiness, it must 

 be interrupted and finished; yet, when once possessed, it never 

 can be all lost. Sitting by the fire, walking in the noisy streets, 

 sleepless, or careworn, he who has once been to Niagara can, by 

 an act of will turn his memory westward, and he is there again. 



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THOROLD, Rev. A. W. To Niagara. Pt. 1. (Good words. 1875. 

 16:63-69.) 



In this article the author gets as far as Toronto, on the way to Niagara. 



1876 



Ferree, J. W. »The Falls of Niagara and scenes around them. 1876 

 N. Y.: A. S. Barnes and Co. 1876. Ferree 



A detailed description of Niagara from all points of view and under 

 every aspect. 



HOLLEY, GEORGE W. Niagara. (Scrib. Aug. 1876. 12:462- 1876 

 478.) Holley 



Compressed into the limits of a magazine article are a description of 

 the cataract and some of its physical features, some account of the local 

 history of the region, accidents and incidents connected with the Falls and 

 a description of the beauty of the winter scenery. 



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