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state. As with the man of taste, so also with the scientific indi- 

 vidual. New-York can boast her full share of intellect. She has 

 exhibited it in the closet, in the cabinet, and in the field ; and as 

 her powers develope, she will be found advancing in every great 

 undertaking. The general diffusion of knowledge will illumine 

 every hamlet ; and though the political agitations, which are in- 

 separable from free institutions, may mar her splendor, or dim her 

 glory, it will only be for a time. She is destined to rise above 

 them, and to take her place as the first and fairest among the con- 

 federated communities of this great republic. 



