 | 1912 - 956 pages
...nothing like it in proximity to any other great American city. Ambassador Bryce, in his address, said: "No European city has so noble a cataract in its vicinity as the Great Falls of the Potomac," and that it " would be almost an ingratitude to Providence and to history and to the men who planted... | |
 | National parks conference - 1917 - 384 pages
...nothing like it in proximity to any other great American city. Ambassador Bryce, in his address, said : " No European city has so noble a cataract in its vicinity as the Great Falls of the Potomac," and that it " would be almost an ingratitude to Providence and to history and to the men who planted... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1913 - 92 pages
...rich with woods, which in BELOW GREAT FALLS "A rocky bed tctueen bold heights.''—Bryce. GREAT FALLS "No European city has so noble a cataract in its vicinity as the Great Falls of the Potomac, which you will, of course, always preserve."—Bryce. many places, thanks to the hard ancient rocks... | |
 | William Howard Taft, James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1915 - 124 pages
...of Europe, except, of course, Constantinople, with its wonderful Bosphorus. THE NATION'S CAPITAL 719 No European city has so noble a cataract in its vicinity...scenery which you will, of course, always preserve. Vienna has some picturesque country, hills and woods and rocks within a distance of 25 or 30 miles.... | |
 | Louise Payson Latimer - 1924 - 408 pages
...the United States, became a great Washington lover. In delivering an address at one time, he said : No European city has so noble a cataract in its vicinity...scenery which you will of course always preserve. Schemes for utilization of water-power, which would change entirely the character of the region, are... | |
 | 1927 - 748 pages
...Westchester would provide an attractive connection between the Capital and Baltimore. UPPER POTOMAC PROJECT "No European city has so noble a cataract in its vicinity...scenery which you will, of course, always preserve." This assumption by Lord Bryce, in his paper on the "Nation's Capital", one might suppose to be correct,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1930 - 84 pages
...beautiful scenery as many of the woods along the Potomac. No European city has as noble a cataract in the vicinity as the Great Falls of the Potomac, a magnificent...scenery which you will, of course, always preserve. * * * Some day the people are going to set the true value upon all these things — these spots of... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1931 - 1632 pages
...its use as a great park for several decades, without in any way jeopardizing its power possibilities. No European city has so noble a cataract in its vicinity...for consideration the words of William Howard Taft: 1 am very hopeful that some executive agency will be given power to act and to acquire the park zone... | |
 | American Institute of Architects - 1913 - 112 pages
...the great capital cities of Europe, except, of course, Constantinople, with its wonderful Bospborus. No European city has so noble a cataract in its vicinity...scenery which you will, of course, always preserve. . . . Nature has done so much, and you have, yourselves, already done so much, that you are called... | |
 | Alice Gram, Velma Hitchcock - 1928 - 390 pages
...attractions and recreational opportunities about Washington, especially called attention to the fact that "No European city has so noble a cataract in its vicinity...scenery which you will, of course, always preserve." The idea of a drive along the bluff or along the canal at least to Great Falls has long been a dream... | |
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No European city has so noble a cataract in its vicinity as the Great Falls of the Potomac — a magnificent piece of scenery which you will, of course, always preserve. 
