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E. B. White Quotes: The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.
         

The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.


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