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[Illustration] CHAPTER IX DUXBURY HOMES [Illustration] There are certain places whose happy fortune seems to be that they are always specially loved and specially sought by the children of men. ORDING BY K HAND CHAPTER NINE DUXBURY HOMES THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES WHOSE HAPPY FORTUNE SEEMS TO BE THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS SPECIALLY LOVED AND SPECIALLY SOUGHT BY THE CHILDREN OF MEN
hat distinguishes him for all time. There are other memorable things about Marshfield. Governor Edward Winslow, who was sent to England to represent the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies, and whose son Josiah was the first native Governor of the Colony, may both be called Marshfield men. Peregrine White, the first white child born in this country, lies in the Winslow Burying Ground. One of the most singular changes on our coast occurred in this vicinity when in one night the "Portland Breeze" closed up the mouth of the South River and four miles up the beach opened up the mouth of the North River, making an entrance three quarters of a mile wide between Third and Fourth Cliff. These and many other men and events of Marshfield are properly given a place in the history of New England, but the special glory of this spot will always be that Daniel Webster chose to live, chose to die, and chose to be buried under the vast vault of her skyey spaces, within the sound of her eternal sea.  CHAPTER NINE OF THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH BY AGNES EDWARDS THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN REC
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