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IN THEIR OWN WORDS SELECTED PROSE AND VERSE INSPIRED BY CAPE COD.

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20030622
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"THE TIME MUST COME WHEN THIS COAST WILL BE A PLACE OF RESORT FOR THOS NEW-ENGLANDERS WHO REALLY WISH TO THE SEA-SIDE. AT PRESENT IT IS WHOLLY UNKNOWN TO THE FASHIONABLE WORLD, AND PROBABLY IT WILL NEVER BE AGREEABLE TO THEM. IF IT IS MERELY A TEN-PIN ALLEY, OR A CIRCULAR RAILWAY, OR AN OCEAN OF MINT-JULEP, THAT THE VISITOR IS IN SEARCH OF, - IF HE THINKS MORE OF THE WINE THAN THE BRINE, AS I SUSPECT SOME DO AT NEWPORT, - I TRUST THAT FOR A LONG TIME HE WILL BE DISAPPOINTED HERE." HENRY DAVID THOREAU CAPE COD,1864 "I AM A CAPE CODDER BY BIRTH AND BY INHERITANCE THROUGH A LONG UNBROKEN ...

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