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OUTHERLY, on a tower of the United States Armory at Springfield, floats the flag of our country. On clear days, nearly thirty-five miles to the south, the golden dome of the Connecticut State Capitol of Hartford can be plainly seen. West of the Mt. Tom range is Westfield, whose whips are snapped and cigars smoked all over the country. Near the foot of the mountain lies Easthampton, where Samuel Williston devoted some of the profits of his button manufactory to the building and endowment of Williston Seminary. To the south is Suffield Institute and to the east is the Wesleyan Seminary, at Wilbraham. It is doubtful if there is another section in New England where so many educational institutions can be seen from one summit. To the northeast is Amherst, with its two colleges.
"The beauty and the majesty of earth
Spread wide beneath. . .There, as thou standest,
The haunts of men below thee, and around,
The mountain summits, thy expanding heart
Shall feel a-kindred with that loftier world
To which thou art translated, and partake
The enlargement of thy vision."
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