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Comparatively few people in New England, or out of it, know Weymouth well. COMPARATIVELY FEW PEOPLE IN NEW ENGLAND OR OUT OF IT KNOW WEYMOUTH WELL
after they have touched and handled all of these things, they will not understand Quincy unless they look beyond and recognize her greatest contribution to this country--the noble statesmen who so bravely and intelligently toiled to construct America's Ship of State. [Illustration] CHAPTER IV THE ROMANCE OF WEYMOUTH [Illustration] The paintings of John Constable, idyllic in their quietness, dewy in their serenity--how many travelers, how many lovers of art, superficial or profound, yearly seek out these paintings in the South Kensington Museum or the Louvre, and stand before them wrapt in gentle ecstasy? The quality of Constable's pictures delineates in luminous softness a peculiarly lovely side of English rural life, but one need not travel to England or France to see this loveliness. Weymouth, that rambling stretch of towns and hamlets, of summer colony and suburb, possesses in certain areas bits of rural landscape as serene, as dewy, as idyllically tranquil as Constable at his best.  CHAPTER FOUR OF THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH BY AGNES EDWARDS THIS LIVER VOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN CHAPTER FOUR THE ROMANCE OF WEYMOUTH THE PAINTINGS OF JOHN CONSTABLE IDYLLIC IN THEIR QUIETNESS DEWY IN THEIR SERENITY HOW MANY TRAVELLERS HOW MANY LOVERS OF ART SUPERFICIAL OR PROFOUND YEARLY SEEK OUT THESE PAINTINGS IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM OR THE LOUVRE AND STAND BEFORE THEM WRAPPED IN GENTLE ECSTASY THE QUALITY OF CONSTABLE'S PICTURES DELINEATES IN LUMINOUS SOFTNESS A PECULIARLY LOVELY SIDE OF ENGLISH RURAL LIFE BUT ONE NEED NOT TRAVEL TO ENGLAND OR FRANCE TO SEE THIS LOVELINESS WEYMOUTH THAT RAMBLING STRETCH OF TOWNS AND HAMLETS OF SUMMER COLONY AND SUBURB POSSESSES IN CERTAIN AREAS BITS OF RURAL LANDSCAPE AS SERENE AS DEWY AS IDYLLICALLY TRANQUIL AS CONSTABLE AT HIS BEST
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