“Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.”
The American Language (1919)
“Philadelphia was the first city to foresee the advantages of a Federal constitution and oatmeal as a breakfast food.”
Travels in Philadelphia (1920)
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