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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., Limited LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd. TORONTO
THE GREAT VALLEY
By EDGAR LEE MASTERS AUTHOR OF “SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY”, “SONGS AND SATIRES,” ETC. New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1916 All rights reserved
Copyright, 1916, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. ——— Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1916. Reprinted November, 1916. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. TO THE MEMORY OF SQUIRE DAVIS and LUCINDA MASTERS WHO, CLOSE TO NATURE, ONE IN DEEP RELIGIOUS FAITH, THE OTHER IN PANTHEISTIC RAPTURE AND HEROISM, LIVED NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS IN THIS LAND OF ILLINOIS I INSCRIBE THE GREAT VALLEY IN ADMIRATION OF THEIR GREAT STRENGTH, MASTERY OF LIFE, HOPEFULNESS, CLEAR AND BEAUTIFUL DEMOCRACY Edgar Lee Masters