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INTRODUCTION
and deep the foundations of virtue, sobriety, education and Christianity for themselves, their children and their descendants and successors for all time to come. With such a beginning, with the growth and development already achieved, with an invincible position and natural advantages which cannot be reversed or diminished, Portland is entitled to be called the "City of Destiny"—a destiny assured to be the greatest city of the Pacific coast of North America.
Joseph Gaston.
