F. Scott Fitzgerald Videos : Cosmopolis: 1914-1931 (opening scene)

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Cosmopolis: 1914-1931 (opening scene)

From "New York: A Documentary Film". The opening scene of Ep 5: Cosmopolis: 1914-1931 voice: Robert Sean Leonard voice: Most of the big shore places were closed now. And there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of the ferryboat across the sound. And as the moon rose higher, the inessential houses began to melt away till gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes, A fresh green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams. For a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent. Face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to its capacity for Wonder. - F. Scott Fitzgerald.,The Great Gatsby

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