"Can we ever be thought to have learning or grace, / Unless it be sent from that damnable place?"
Reading about the making of US culture is a fun ride.
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Hard to overstate the genius of people like Frederick Law Olmsted.
You set foot in the US and, even if you find yourself in the most soul-shriven strip mall, the air feels different in a way that can't be explained.
Who needs cathedrals when you have Yosemite?