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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

City of Adventurers

Chambers Street subway station (Wikimedia Commons)

"New York is partly a city of adventurers, many of the more wealthy and notable citizens having come to it nearly penniless, and made their way to riches and renown through the most indomitable perseverance."
William Chambers, Stories of Remarkable Persons