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is but a foretaste of what our really representative men may always look for there. One of our tracks, namely, that upon the Passaic, has this advantage over Henley; that already, upon a railroad-track close beside it, the whole way, spectators can watch every inch of the racing. The prizes, and other few things needed, could be readily had. Indeed, a Cornell graduate—Dr. Seaman, of New York City—has already provided a suitable cup, to be rowed for by the eights; and it would be a pleasure to many a man to give the Diamond Sculls, and the other, small but valued trophies. The many rowing-clubs of the great city near by could look to the comfort of competitors; and see that they were ready for the struggle; while the press, ever alert, would see to it that "Honor to whom honor is due," should be the rule in the work done there. And ought not they who—from all the land, had won the right to be our champions abroad; and there to meet the best men of the most athletic race in the world;—ought they not to be rightly proud of the opportunity this would give to win fame and public esteem? More than anything else that has yet arisen between our nation and Great Britain—save in the way both nations have dealt with arbitration, and England's course at the outbreak of the Cuban War—have these same friendly trials of speed, and strength, and stay—qualities every Englishman loves—gone far to breed a friendly feeling between the two nations. As we know each other better, that feeling (which Mr. Lehmann has done so much to foster) will steadily grow. What boy has not fought his own brother? But that same brother owns a warm, sure corner in his heart all the same. Our North and South fought, as only brave men could fight. But let any other man, or nation, lay hand on either now; and he would have both to face,
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