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We shall meet the Indian first, running lightly on straight, moccasined feet, along the trail from which he has burned, from time to time, the underbrush. He does not go by land when he can go by water, but in this case there are both land and water to meet, for many are the streams, and they are unbridged as yet. WE SHALL MEET THE INDIAN FIRST RUNNING LIGHTLY ON STRAIGHT MOCCASINED FEET ALONG THE TRAIL FROM WHICH HE HAS BURNED FROM TIME TO TIME THE UNDERBRUSH HE DOES NOT GO BY LAND WHEN HE CAN GO BY WATER BUT IN THIS CASE THERE ARE BOTH LAND AND WATER TO MEET FOR MANY ARE THE STREAMS AND THEY ARE UNBRIDGED AS YET
 human intercourse, yet surely, when the entire history of man is unrolled, the moment of the conception of building a wide and permanent road, instead of merely using a trail, will rank as equally dramatic. The first stone laid by the first Roman (they to whom the idea of road-building was original) will be recognized as significant as the quiver of the wings of the first airplane. Let us follow the old road from Boston to Plymouth: follow it, not with undue exactitude, and rather too hastily, as is the modern way, but comfortably, as is also the modern way, picking up what bits of quaint lore and half-forgotten history we most easily may. I think that as we start down this historic highway, we shall encounter--if our mood be the proper one in which to undertake such a journey--a curious procession coming down the years to meet us. We shall not call them ghosts, for they are not phantoms severed from earth, but, rather, the permanent possessors of the highway which they helped create.  INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF HUMAN INTERCOURSE YET SURELY WHEN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF MAN IS UNROLLED THE MOMENT OF THE CONCEPTION OF BUILDING A WIDE AND PERMANENT ROAD INSTEAD OF MERELY USING A TRAIL WILL RANK AS EQUALLY DRAMATIC THE FIRST STONE LAID BY THE FIRST ROMAN THEY TO WHOM THE IDEA OF ROAD BUILDING WAS ORIGINAL WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE QUIVER OF THE WINGS OF THE FIRST AIRPLANE LET US FOLLOW THE OLD ROAD FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH FOLLOW IT NOT WITH UNDUE EXACTITUDE AND RATHER TOO HASTILY AS IS THE MODERN WAY BUT COMFORTABLY AS IS ALSO THE MODERN WAY PICKING UP WHAT BITS OF QUAINT LORE AND HALF FORGOTTEN HISTORY WE MOST EASILY MAY I THINK THAT AS WE START DOWN THIS HISTORIC HIGHWAY WE SHALL ENCOUNTER IF OUR MOOD BE THE PROPER ONE IN WHICH TO UNDERTAKE SUCH A JOURNEY A CURIOUS PROCESSION COMING DOWN THE YEARS TO MEET US WE SHALL NOT CALL THEM GHOSTS FOR THEY ARE NOT PHANTOMS SEVERED FROM EARTH BUT RATHER THE PERMANENT POSSESSORS OF THE HIGHWAY WHICH THEY HELPED CREATE
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