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It is Saint Gaudens's bronze relief of Colonel Robert G. Shaw commanding his colored regiment, and if you see no other sculpture in a city which has its full quota you must see this memorial, spirited in execution, spiritual in its conception of a mighty moment. IT IS SAINT GAUDEN'S BRONZE RELIEF OF COLONEL ROBERT G SHAW COMMANDING HIS COLORED REGIMENT AND IF YOU SEE NO OTHER SCULPTURE IN A CITY WHICH HAS ITS FULL QUOTA YOU MUST SEE THIS MEMORIAL SPIRITED IN EXECUTION SPIRITUAL IN ITS CONCEPTION OF A MIGHTY MOMENT
r its age, for it is only a little over a century old, but for its charming beauty, and by the fact that William Lloyd Garrison delivered his first address here, and here "America" was sung in public for the first time. It was the windiness of this corner which was responsible for Tom Appleton's suggestion (he was the brother-in-law of Longfellow) that a shorn lamb be tethered here. The graceful spire of Park Street Church serves not only as a landmark, but is also a most fitting terminal to a street of many associations. It is on Park Street that the publishing house of Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (now Houghton Mifflin Company) has had its offices for forty years, and the bookstores and the antique shops tucked quaintly down a few steps below the level of the sidewalk have much of the flavor of a bit of London. Still standing on the State House steps, facing the Common, you are also facing what has been called the noblest monument in Boston and the most successfully placed one in America. NOTABLE NOT FOR ITS AGE FOR IT IS ONLY A LITTLE OVER A CENTURY OLD BUT FOR ITS CHARMING BEAUTY AND BY THE FACT THAT WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON DELIVERED HIS FIRST ADDRESS HERE AND HERE AMERICA WAS SUNG IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME IT WAS THE WINDINESS OF THIS CORNER WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TOM APPLETON'S SUGGESTION HE WAS THE BROTHER IN LAW OF LONGFELLOW THAT A SHORN LAMB BE TETHERED HERE THE GRACEFUL SPIRE OF PARK STREET CHURCH SERVES NOT ONLY AS A LANDMARK BUT IS ALSO A MOST FITTING TERMINAL TO A STREET OF MANY ASSOCIATIONS IT IS ON PARK STREET THAT THE PUBLISHING HOUSE OF HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY NOW HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY HAS HAD ITS OFFICES FOR FORTY YEARS AND THE BOOKSTORES AND THE ANTIQUE SHOPS TUCKED QUAINTLY DOWN A FEW STEPS BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE SIDEWALK HAVE MUCH OF THE FLAVOR OF A BIT OF LONDON STILL STANDING ON THE STATE HOUSE STEPS FACING THE COMMON YOU ARE ALSO FACING WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED THE NOBLEST MONUMENT IN BOSTON AND THE MOST SUCCESSFULLY PLACED ONE IN AMERICA
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