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America…. It is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.
— Thomas Wolfe · Of Time and the River
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker praises America in sweeping terms, calling its wonders both unique and constant. Miracles stop sounding rare and become part of everyday life. The repeated insistence gives the passage its excited force, expressing an enormous claim about the country rather than a measured comparison.
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