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Do we, casually accepting the fruit of three hundred years of toil on this continent  do we, accustomed to smooth highways and swift and easy transportation, realize the significance of such a road? A road is the symbol of the civilization which has produced it. The main passageway from the shore of the Yellow Sea to the capital of Korea, although it has been pressed for centuries immemorial by myriads of human feet, has never been more than a bridle path. DO WE CASUALLY ACCEPTING THE FRUIT OF THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF TOIL ON THIS CONTINENT DO WE ACCUSTOMED TO SMOOTH HIGHWAYS AND SWIFT AND EASY TRANSPORTATION REALIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH A ROAD A ROAD IS THE SYMBOL OF THE CIVILIZATION WHICH HAS PRODUCED IT THE MAIN PASSAGEWAY FROM THE SHORE OF THE YELLOW SEA TO THE CAPITAL OF KOREA ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN PRESSED FOR CENTURIES IMMEMORIAL BY MYRIADS OF HUMAN FEET HAS NEVER BEEN MORE THAN A BRIDLE PATH
planade curves beside the blue Charles; the Back Bay is only a checkerboard of streets, alphabetically arranged; Copley Square is hardly distinguishable. The spires of the Old South Church, King's Chapel, the Old State House, and Faneuil Hall punctuate the South End; the North Church, the North End. The new Custom House Tower and Bunker Hill Monument seem hardly more than the minarets of a child's toy village. The writer, as a pilot over this particular city, alights and resigns, commending for more detailed study, and for delightful guidance, Robert Shackleton's "Book of Boston." Let us now leave the city and set out in a more leisurely fashion on our way to Plymouth. THE OLD COAST ROAD _From Boston to Plymouth_ [Illustration: THE SOUTH SHORE OFMASSACHUSETTS BAY] THE OLD COAST ROAD CHAPTER I DORCHESTER HEIGHTS AND THE OLD COAST ROAD [Illustration] The very earliest of the great roads in New England was the Old Coast Road, connecting Boston with Plymouth--capitals of separate colonies.  CHAPTER ONE OF THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH BY AGNES EDWARDS THIS LIBERAL BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN CHAPTER ONE DORCHESTER HEIGHTS AND THE OLD COAST ROAD THE VERY EARLIEST OF THE GREAT ROADS IN NEW ENGLAND WAS THE OLD COAST ROAD CONNECTING BOSTON WITH PLYMOUTH CAPITALS OF SEPARATE COLONIES
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