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Could we go back  not quite a hundred years  a little off the direct route to Plymouth, on a site overlooking the broad marshes of Green Harbor and the sea, where there now stands a boulder erected in 1914 by the Boston University Law School Association, we would find a comfortable, rambling house, distinguished among its New England neighbors by an easy and delightful hospitality  the kind of hospitality we call "Southern." COULD WE GO BACK NOT QUITE A HUNDRED YEARS A LITTLE OFF THE DIRECT ROUTE TO PLYMOUTH ON A SITE OVERLOOKING THE BROAD MARSHES OF GREEN HARBOUR AND THE SEA WHERE THERE NOW STANDS A BOULDER ERECTED IN NINETEEN FOURTEEN BY THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL ASSOCIATION WE WOULD FIND A COMFORTABLE RAMBLING HOUSE DISTINGUISHED AMONG ITS NEW ENGLAND NEIGHBORS BY AN EASY AND DELIGHTFUL HOSPITALITY THE KIND OF HOSPITALITY WE CALL SOUTHERN
impelling in direct intercourse--personality--is the most elusive to preserve. If Webster's claim to remembrance rested solely upon that attribute, he would still be worthy of enduring fame. But his gifts flowered at a spectacular climax of national affairs and won thereby spectacular prominence. That these gifts were to lose something of their pristine repute before the end infuses, from a dramatic point of view, a contrasted and heightened luster to the period of their highest glory. Let us, casual travelers of a later and more careless day, walk now together over the place which is the indestructible memorial of a great man, and putting aside the measuring-stick of criticism--the sign of small natures--try to live for an hour in the atmosphere which was the breath of life to one who, if he failed greatly, also succeeded greatly, and whose noble achievement it was not only to express, but to vivify a love for the Union which, in its hour of supreme trial, became its triumphant force. HE MOST IMMEDIATELY IMPELLING IN DIRECT INTERCOURSE PERSONALITY IS THE MOST ELUSIVE TO PRESERVE IF WEBSTER'S CLAIM TO REMEMBRANCE RESTED SOLELY UPON THAT ATTRIBUTE HE WOULD STILL BE WORTHY OF ENDURING FAME BUT HIS GIFTS FLOWERED AT A SPECTACULAR CLIMAX OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS AND WON THEREBY SPECTACULAR PROMINENCE THAT THESE GIFTS WERE TO LOSE SOMETHING OF THEIR PRISTINE REPUTE BEFORE THE END INFUSES FROM A DRAMATIC POINT OF VIEW A CONTRASTED AND HEIGHTENED LUSTRE TO THE PERIOD OF THEIR HIGHEST GLORY LET US CASUAL TRAVELLERS OF A LATER AND MORE CARELESS DAY WALK NOW TOGETHER OVER THE PLACE WHICH IS THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MEMORIAL OF A GREAT MAN AND PUTTING ASIDE THE MEASURING STICK OF CRITICISM THE SIGN OF SMALL NATURES TRY TO LIVE FOR AN HOUR IN THE ATMOSPHERE WHICH WAS THE BREATH OF LIFE TO ONE WHO IF HE FAILED GREATLY ALSO SUCCEEDED GREATLY AND WHOSE NOBLE ACHIEVEMENT IT WAS NOT ONLY TO EXPRESS BUT TO VIVIFY A LOVE FOR THE UNION WHICH IN ITS HOUR OF SUPREME TRIAL BECAME ITS TRIUMPHANT FORCE
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