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We of another generation  and a generation before whom so many portentous events and figures have passed  find it hard to realize the tremendous magnetism and brilliancy of a man who has been so long dead, or properly to estimate the high historical significance of such a life. WE OF ANOTHER GENERATION AND A GENERATION BEFORE WHOM SO MANY PORTENTOUS EVENTS AND FIGURES HAVE PASSED FIND IT HARD TO REALIZE THE TREMENDOUS MAGNETISM AND BRILLIANCY OF A MAN WHO HAS BEEN SO LONG DEAD WERE PROPERLY TO ESTIMATE THE HIGH HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH A LIFE
s would find satisfaction, and his splendid mind would soar into an even loftier freedom. Webster loved Marshfield with an intensity that made it peculiarly his own. Lanier, in language more intricate and tropical, exclaimed of his "dim sweet" woods: "Ye held me fast in your heart, and I held you fast in mine." Webster wielded the vital union between his nature and that of the land not only by profound sentiment, but by a vigorous physical grappling with the soil. Is it that vivid natures unconsciously seek an environment characteristic of them? Or are they, perhaps, inevitably forced to create such an environment wherever they find themselves? Both facts seem true in this case. This wide world of marsh and sea is not only beautifully expressive of one who plunged himself into a rich communion with the earth, with her full harvests and blooded cattle, with her fruitful brooks and lakes; but it is still, after more than half a century, vibrant with the spirit of the man who dwelt there.  PLACE WHERE HIS SPLENDID SENSES WOULD FIND SATISFACTION AND HIS SPLENDID MIND WOULD SOAR INTO AN EVEN LOFTIER FREEDOM WEBSTER LOVED MARSFIELD WITH AN INTENSITY THAT MADE IT PECULIARLY HIS OWN LANEER IN LANGUAGE MORE INTRICATE AND TROPICAL CLAIMED OF HIS DIM SWEET WOODS HE HELD ME FAST IN YOUR HEART AND I HELD YOU FAST IN MINE WEBSTER WIELDED THE VITAL UNION BETWEEN HIS NATURE AND THAT OF THE LAND NOT ONLY BY PROFOUND SENTIMENT BUT BY A VIGOROUS PHYSICAL GRAPPLING WITH THE SOIL IS IT THAT VIVID NATURES UNCONSCIOUSLY SEEK AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERISTIC OF THEM OR ARE THEY PERHAPS INEVITABLY FORCED TO CREATE SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT WHEREVER THEY FIND THEMSELVES BOTH FACTS SEEM TRUE IN THIS CASE THIS WIDE WORLD OF MARSH AND SEA IS NOT ONLY BEAUTIFULLY EXPRESSIVE OF ONE WHO PLUNGED HIMSELF INTO A RICH COMMUNION WITH THE EARTH WITH HER FULL HARVESTS AND BLOODED CATTLE WITH HER FRUITFUL BROOKS AND LAKES BUT IS STILL AFTER MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY VIBRANT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE MAN WHO DWELT THERE
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