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It is ameng the worst omens or the day,
remarks the Philadelphia North American,
that we have in the United States no aa-
fionat feeling; no genuine love Of country.
The traveller in other lands finds every.
where the institutions and productions ola
people priced BY themselves, though they
may be condemned by strangers. Here
the order is changed. If any work In lit
erature, art or science is by all Americas,
is it set down by mob Of gentlemen who
talk of such matters as altogether worth
less, or as deserving favorable regard only
on account OF its resemblance TO something
foreign. We recite few facts, admitted
by all the world abroad, for the benefit Of
this sort of people. .na1tRaeoa u i
Imprinis: The greatest man, .stakshim
for all in all, Of the last hundred years,
was George Washington, an -amertcan.


The greatest natural philosopher was
Benjamin Franklin, an .dD.e,ion.. .iaes
The greatest living sculptor is Hiram
Powers, an .fmerican.


The greatest living poet is William Cal-
len Bryant, an American ~ ~


The greatest living historian Is William
H. Prescott, an dnserican. el9 An@


The greatest living painter, in postra''
ture, is Henry Inman, an .fmesican.
There has been no English writer in the
present age, whose works have been mark
ed with more humor, more refinement, OF
more grace, than those of Washington lr-
wing, an American. afr.f So
The greatest photographer and philOlo-
gist since the time Of johnson was Noah
Webster, an .1merican. ftFETsfw


The inventors, whose works have esen
productive Of the greatest amount Of hap
piness to mankind, in the last century,
were Godfrey, Fitch, Fulton, and Whitney
all .American:. ~ { y n


Ifone ofthesc facts or estimates is doubt
ed, we can prove them BY foreign author
tiles, and 60 prevent all controversy. 4su