NewYorkblendsthegiftofprivacywiththeexcitementofparticipation;andbetterthanmostdensecommunitiesitsucceedsininsulatingtheindividual（ifhewantsit, andalmosteverybodywantsorneedsit）, , 'tattendandneitherdidmostoftheeightmillionotherinhabitants, 'tevenhearanyplanesexceptacoupleofwestboundcommercialairlinersthathabituallyusethisairshafttoflyover.
', with650milesofwaterfront, andshipscallingherefrommanyexoticlands, buttheonlyboatI', though, .I'.（Hewaslame, andwaswearingabolero.）, , , andagaintheinchescountedheavily.
ImentionthesemerelytoshowthatNewYorkispeculiarlyconstructedtoabsorbalmostanythingthatcomesalong（whetherathousand-footlineroutoftheEastoratwenty-thousand-manconventionoutoftheWest）withoutinflictiontheeventonitsinhabitants, sothateveryeventis, inasense, optional, , smallandlarge, ;, andithitseverycitizenonthehead, 'sDayparade, whichisfairlypenetrating-theIrishareahardracetotuneout, andthereare500，000oftheminresidence.
, whenacornicefalls, youfeeltheblow;where, whenthegovernorpasses, youseeatanyratehishat.
, notface, , itisaratherraregift, andIbelieveithasapositiveeffectonthecreativecapacitiesofNewYorker-forcreationisinpartmerelythebusinessofforgoingthegreatandsmalldistractions.
AlthoughNewYorkoftenimpartsafeelingofgreatforlornnessorforsakenness, itseldomseemsdeadorunresourceful;'-ashiftinweather, perhaps, （whichcausedthemtobreakawayfromtheirsmalltown），some, too, areherefromadeficiencyofspirit, whofindinNewYorkaprotection, oraneasysubstitution.
