Here ends this pleasant recital. The desire has been to give an idea of the vast and wonderful land we live in, and to impress the noble and patriotic thought of Thoreau's so essential to all of us: "Nothing can be hoped of you, if this bit of mould under your feet is not sweeter to you than any other in the world." We have travelled over this broad land of ours from the tropics to the Arctic Sea, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and as our journey closes, with Whittier can sing:
"So shall the Northern pioneer go joyful on his way; To wed Penobscot's waters to San Francisco's Bay; To make the rugged places smooth, and sow the vale with grain; And bear, with Liberty and Law, the Bible in his train: The mighty West shall bless the East, and sea shall answer sea, And mountain unto mountain call, Praise God, for we are free!"
Adams, John Quincy, i. 26, 279; iii. 27, 61, 232.
"Adder Cliff," Poughkeepsie, N. Y., ii. 174.
Agricultural Department Buildings, Washington, D. C., i. 32.
Albany and Van Rensselaer Iron Works, ii. 215.
Alcazar Hotel, St. Augustine, Fla., i. 374.
_Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher_, iii. 133.
Aldrich Court Building, New York City, ii. 30.
Allegheny Park, Allegheny City, Pa., i. 329.
Alvan Clark & Co., Cambridge, Mass., iii. 60.
American Museum of Natural History, New York City, ii. 57.
American Surety Building, New York City, ii. 31.
American Tract Society Building, New York City, ii. 35.
American University of the Methodist Church, i. 41.
American Waltham Watch Company, Cambridge, Mass., iii. 64.
Amherst, Baron Jeffrey, ii. 228, 289, 419; iii. 315.
Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., iii. 176.
"Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company," iii. 44.
Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., iii. 77.
André, Major John, ii. 141, 146, 147, 158.
Andros, Sir Edmund, i. 198; ii. 8; iii. 163.
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company, iii. 395.
Anthony's Nose, Lake George, N. Y., ii. 280.
"Antidote Against Pharisaic Teachers," iii. 106.
Apple Island, Boston Harbor, Mass., iii. 33.
Arkansas College, Batesville, Ark., iii. 404.
Arlington House, Washington, D. C., i. 101.
Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D. C., i. 14.
Armory Hill, Springfield, Mass., iii. 167.
Arnold, General Benedict, ii. 25, 115, 141, 146, 147, 158, 217, 308; iii. 252, 282.