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Daniel Webster, when his eyes first turned to this infinite reach of largeness, instinctively knew it as the place where his splendid senses would find satisfaction, and his splendid mind would soar into an even loftier freedom. Webster loved Marshfield with an intensity that made it peculiarly his own. DANIEL WEBSTER WHEN HIS EYES FIRST TURNED TO THIS INFINITE REACH OF LARGENESS INSTINCTIVELY KNEW IT AS THE PLACE WHERE HIS SPLENDID SENSES WOULD FIND SATISFACTION AND HIS SPLENDID MIND WOULD SOAR INTO AN EVEN LOFTIER FREEDOM WEBSTER LOVED MARSFIELD WITH AN INTENSITY THAT MADE IT PECULIARLY HIS OWN
f Kent who gave it its indestructibly romantic bias; perhaps it is the jealousy of the ever-encroaching sea. The gray geese flying over the iridescent moss gleaming upon the pebbled beaches, the solitary lantern on the point are all parts of that differentness. And those who love her best are glad that it is so. [Illustration] CHAPTER VIII MARSHFIELD, THE HOME OF DANIEL WEBSTER [Illustration] Ye marshes, how candid and simple and nothing-withholding and free! Ye publish yourselves to the sky and offer yourselves to the sea! Tolerant plains, that suffer the sea and the rains and the sun, Ye spread and span like the catholic man who hath mightily won God out of knowledge, and good out of infinite pain, And sight out of blindness, and purity out of a stain. It was these mighty marshes--this ample sweep of grass, of sea and sky--this vast earthly and heavenly spaciousness that must forever stand to all New Englanders as a background to the powerful personality who chose it as his own home.  CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH BY AGNES EDWARDS THIS LIVERPOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY K HAND CHAPTER EIGHT MARSHFIELD THE HOME OF DANIEL WEBSTER YE MARSHES HOW CANDID AND SIMPLE AND NOTHING WITHHOLDING AND FREE YOU PUBLISH YOURSELVES TO THE SKY AND OFFER YOURSELVES TO THE SEA TOLERANT PLAINS THAT SUFFER THE SEA AND THE RAINS AND THE SUN YE SPREAD AND SPAN LIKE THE CATHOLIC MAN WHO HATH MIGHTILY WON GOD OUT OF KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD OUT OF INFINITE PAIN AND SIGHT OUT OF BLINDNESS AND PURITY OUT OF A STAIN IT WAS THESE MIGHTY MARSHES THIS AMPLE SWEEP OF GRASS OF SKY AND SEA THIS VAST EARTHLY AND HEAVENLY SPACIOUSNESS THAT MUST FOREVER STAND TO ALL NEW ENGLANDERS AS A BACKGROUND TO THE POWERFUL PERSONALITY WHO CHOSE IT AS HIS OWN HOME
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