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Plymouth Rock has come to symbolize the corner stone of the United States as a nation, and symbols are the most beautiful and the most enduring expression of any national or human experience. PLYMOUTH ROCK HAS COME TO SYMBOLIZE THE CORNERSTONE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A NATION AND SYMBOLS ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOST ENDURING EXPRESSION OF ANY NATIONAL OR HUMAN EXPERIENCE
ll, for a penny, relate the facts substantially as I have stated them.[2] It is easy to be unsympathetic in regard to any form of fetishism which we do not share. And while the bare fact remains that we are not at all sure that the Pilgrims landed on this rock, and we are entirely sure that its present location and setting possess no romantic allurement, yet bare facts are not the whole truth, and even when correct they are often the superficial and not the fundamental part of the truth. Those hundreds--those thousands--of earnest-eyed men and women who have stood beside this rock with tears in their eyes, and emotions too deep for words in their hearts, "believing where they cannot prove," have not only interpreted the vital significance of the place, but, by their very emotion, have sanctified it. It really makes little difference whether the testimony of Thomas Faunce was strictly accurate or not; it really makes little difference that the Hammatt Billings canopy is indeed dreadful.  THE PILGRIM'S SOCIETY IS TO ASSUME THE PERPETUAL CARE OF BOTH MEMORIAL AND LOT AND FOOTNOTE IT IS EASY TO BE UNSYMPATHETIC IN REGARD TO ANY FORM OF FETISHISM WHICH WE DO NOT SHARE AND WHILE THE BARE FACT REMAINS THAT WE ARE NOT AT ALL SURE THAT THE PILGRIMS LANDED ON THIS ROCK AND WE ARE ENTIRELY SURE THAT ITS PRESENT LOCATION AND SETTING POSSESSED NO ROMANTIC ALLUREMENT YET BARE FACTS ARE NOT THE WHOLE TRUTH AND EVEN WHEN CORRECT THEY ARE OFTEN THE SUPERFICIAL AND NOT THE FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE TRUTH THOSE HUNDREDS THOSE THOUSANDS OF EARNEST EYED MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE STOOD BESIDE THIS ROCK WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES AND EMOTIONS TOO DEEP FOR WORDS IN THEIR HEARTS BELIEVING WHERE THEY CANNOT PROVE HAVE NOT ONLY INTERPRETED THE VITAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLACE BUT BY THEIR VERY EMOTION HAVE SANCTIFIED IT IT REALLY MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE WHETHER THE TESTIMONY OF THOMAS FOWUNUS WAS STRICTLY ACRID OR NOT IT REALLY MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE THAT THE HAMMOT BILLINGS CANOPY IS INDEED DREADFUL
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