Closest Capital

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    The universe is not rough-hewn, but perfect in its details. Nature will bear the closest inspection; she invites us to lay our eye level with the smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. She has no interstices; every part is full of life.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    The capital is become an overgrown monster; which like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.
    Tobias Smollett (1721–1771)