Excerpt from John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 2 But, whether worthily eulo gized or not, it offers the sublimest avenue of approach to North America; and as a waterway, extending, in connection with the lakes which nourish it, almost half across the conti nent, it is unique among the liquid highways of the world. For, though the great fresh-water seas supporting the St. Law rence system contain more than half the unsalted water found upon our planet, all this, together with the large amount con tributed by subsidiary streams, is brought to the Atlantic by this mighty aqueduct. It is, moreover, glorious to the last. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.