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There are many people in the house, on the veranda and lawns: a hostess of gentle mien and manners; children attractive in the spontaneity of those who continually and happily associate with their elders; several house guests (yonder is Audubon the great naturalist, here is an office seeker from Boston, and that chap over there, so very much at home, can be no other than Peter Harvey, Webster's fond biographer). THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE ON THE VERANDA AND LAWNS A HOSTESS OF GENTLE MIEN AND MANNERS CHILDREN ATTRACTIVE IN THE SPONTANEITY OF THOSE WHO CONTINUALLY AND HAPPILY ASSOCIATE WITH THEIR ELDERS SEVERAL HOUSE GUESTS YONDER IS AUDUBON THE GREAT NATURALIST HERE IS AN OFFICE SEEKER FROM BOSTON AND THAT CHAP OVER THERE SO VERY MUCH AT HOME CAN BE NONE OTHER THAN PETER HARVEY WEBSTER'S FOND BIOGRAPHER
ed 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. 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. 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 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
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