| | SAN FRANCISCO - Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition 1900-11 |
 | | San Francisco's permanence as one of the greatest ports of the country is assured by its magnificent position, the wealth of its " back country," and its command of trans-Pacific and trans-continental commercial routes. |
| | Under this charter San Francisco throve despite much corruption, and it was because the provisions of the State Constitution of 1879 seemed likely to compel the adoption of another charter that the city decisively rejected that constitution. |
| | The damage by earthquake to buildings in San Francisco was, however, small in comparison to that wrougbt by the fire which began soon after the principal shock on the morning of the 18th. |
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