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I have attended many exhibitions, but never one before or since that combined such magnitude and completeness in size, form and location, and such simplicity in arrangement and details, as the Paris Exposition of 1867.
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John Sherman
Ohio

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Sherman reflects on his experience at the Paris Exposition of 1867, noting its exceptional scale and organization.

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