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= Ee be _ KI ORIGIN OF THE CITY 47 as to carry their own refutation with them. It will be sufficient if, in this first chapter, we are able to start fair on a brief notice of some of the wonders of our modern city, unencumbered with memories of British kings or of Roman municipalities; and content to believe that the institutions which have made London the foremost city of the world are wholly of home growth and development.
