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Not only for Standish and Alden is Duxbury famous. The beloved William Brewster himself moved to this new settlement, and up to a few years ago the traces of the whitewood trees which gave the name of "Eagle's Nest" to his house could be distinguished. NOT ONLY FOR STANDISH AND ALDEN IS DUXBURY FAMOUS THE BELOVED WILLIAM BREWSTER HIMSELF MOVED TO THIS NEW SETTLEMENT AND UP TO A FEW YEARS AGO THE TRACES OF THE WHITE WOOD TREES WHICH GAVE THE NAME OF EAGLE'S NEST TO HIS HOUSE COULD BE DISTINGUISHED
 deal about this relationship between the two men: in this as in so many cases the intimate stories of these men and women, "also their love, and their hatred, and their envy is now perished." But we do know that thirty years later when the gallant captain lay dying he wrote in his will: "I give three pounds to Mercy Robinson, whom I tenderly love for her grandfather's sake." Surely one feels the touching eloquence of this brief sentence the fitting close of a life not only heroic in action, but deeply sensitive in sentiment. He died on his farm in Duxbury in 1656 when he was seventy-three, and the Myles Standish Monument on Captain's Hill, three hundred and ten feet above the bay, is no more conspicuous than his knightly and tender life among the people he elected to serve. His two wives, and also Priscilla and John Alden, for whom he entertained such lively love and equally lively fury, all are buried here--the Captain's last home fittingly marked by four cannon and a sturdy boulder.  KNOW A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO MEN IN THIS AS IN SO MANY CASES THE INTIMATE STORIES OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN ALSO THEIR LOVE AND THEIR HATRED AND THEIR ENVY IS NOW PERISHED BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THIRTY YEARS LATER WHEN THE GALLANT CAPTAIN LAY DYING HE WROTE IN HIS WILL I GIVE THREE POUNDS TO MERCY ROBINSON WHOM I TENDERLY LOVE FOR HER GRANDFATHER'S SAKE SURELY ONE FEELS THE TOUCHING ELOQUENCE OF THIS BRIEF SENTENCE THE FITTING CLOSE OF A LIFE NOT ONLY HEROIC IN ACTION BUT DEEPLY SENSITIVE IN SENTIMENT HE DIED ON HIS FARM IN DUXBURY IN SIXTEEN FIFTY SIX WHEN HE WAS SEVENTY THREE AND THE MILES STANDISH MONUMENT ON CAPTAIN TILL THREE HUNDRED AND TEN FEET ABOVE THE BAY IS NO MORE CONSPICUOUS THAN HIS NIGHTLY AND TENDER LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE HE ELECTED TO SERVE HIS TWO WIVES AND ALSO PRISCILLA AND JOHN ALDEN FOR WHOM HE ENTERTAINED SUCH LIVELY LOVE AND EQUALLY LIVELY FURY ALL ARE BURIED HERE THE CAPTAIN'S LAST HOME FITTINGLY MARKED BY FOUR CANNON AND A STURDY BOULDER
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