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Quote by Frederic Edwin Church
About an hour this side of Albany is the center of the World – I own it.
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The speaker places the “center of the World” about an hour before reaching Albany, then claims ownership of that place. The statement is deliberately grand: an ordinary location is presented as if it were the most important point on earth, and “I own it” makes the claim personal and confident.
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- Albany Institute of History & Art
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