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And it lives, not because of its economic importance, but because of its unique sentimental value. As John Fiske so admirably states: "Historically their enterprise [that of the Pilgrims at Plymouth] is interesting not so much for what it achieved as for what it suggested. AND IT LIVES NOT BECAUSE OF ITS ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE BUT BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE SENTIMENTAL VALUE AS JOHN FISKE SO ADMIRABLY STATES HISTORICALLY THEIR ENTERPRISE THAT OF THE PILGRIMS OF PLYMOUTH IT INTERESTING NOT SO MUCH FOR WHAT IT ACHIEVED AS FOR WHAT IT SUGGESTED
ston among the Massachusetts ports of entry, receiving annual foreign imports valued at over $7,000,000. Into the harbor, where once a single shallop was the only visible sign of man's dominion over the water, now sail great vessels from Yucatan and the Philippines, bringing sisal and manila for the largest cordage company in the whole country--a company with an employees' list of two thousand names, and an annual output of $10,000,000. Furthermore, the flats in the harbor are planted with clams, which (through the utilization of shells for poultry feeding, and by means of canning for bouillon) yield a profit of from five hundred to eight hundred dollars an acre. No, our Pilgrim man and maid would not recognize, in this Plymouth of factories and industries, the place where once stood the row of log cabins, with oiled-paper windows. And yet, after all, it is not the prosperous town of to-day, but the rude settlement of yesterday, which chiefly lives in the hearts of the American people. ND ONLY TO BOSTON AMONG THE MASSACHUSETTS PORTS OF ENTRY RECEIVING ANNUAL FOREIGN IMPORTS VALUED AT OVER SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE HARBOR WHERE ONCE A SINGLE SHALLOP WAS THE ONLY VISIBLE SIGN OF MAN'S DOMINION OVER THE WATER NOW SAIL GREAT VESSELS FROM YUCATAN AND THE PHILIPPINES BRINGING SICIL AND MANILA FOR THE LARGEST CORDAGE COMPANY IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY A COMPANY WITH AN EMPLOYEES LIST OF TWO THOUSAND NAMES AND AN ANNUAL OUTPUT OF TEN MILLION DOLLARS FURTHERMORE THE FLATS IN THE HARBOR ARE PLANTED WITH CLAMS WHICH THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF SHELLS FOR POULTRY FEEDING AND BY MEANS OF CANNING FOR BULLION YIELD A PROFIT FROM FIVE HUNDRED TO EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS AN ACRE NO OUR PILGRIM MAN AND MAID WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE IN THIS PLYMOUTH OF FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIES THE PLACE WHERE ONCE STOOD THE ROW OF LOG CABINS WITH OIL PAPER WINDOWS AND YET AFTER ALL IT IS NOT THE PROSPEROUS TOWN OF TO DAY BUT THE RUDE SETTLEMENT OF YESTERDAY WHICH CHIEFLY LIVES IN THE HEART OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
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