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Excerpt from Niagara Falls: Queen of Wonders Iagara! Magic name! Most sublime spectacle on earth. The contemplation of the handiwork of Nature is a matter of comparison. We conjure up in our minds a picture of some famous spectacle, and then when we actually see it, we may be disappointed. Imagination and reality do not always harmonize. For instance, Norway is in the Arctic Circle, and the conclusion would naturally be that the climate is like that of Greenland, but, as a matter of fact, Norway is one of the most wonderful countries on the globe, not only because of its magnificent scenery, but because Nature saves it as a habitation for the race by sending thither the mysterious gulf stream, which crosses the Atlantic Ocean for five thousand miles and fulfills its mission transforming, by its still, warm breath, an otherwise barren region. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.