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As in many audacious characters this sweeter side of his nature does not seem to have been fully appreciated by his contemporaries, and we have the letter in which Robinson, that "most learned, polished and modest spirit," writes to Bradford, and warns him to have care about Standish. AS IN MANY AUDACIOUS CHARACTERS THIS SWEETER SIDE OF HIS NATURE DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN FULLY APPRECIATED BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND WE HAVE THE LETTER IN WHICH ROBINSON THAT MOST LEARNED POLISHED AND MODEST SPIRIT WRITES TO BRADFORD AND WARNS HIM TO HAVE CARE ABOUT STANDISH
y our respects to Duxbury, pause for a moment and recall some of the courageous adventures, some of the brave traits and some of the tender ones, which make up our memory of this doughty military commander. In the first place, we must remember that he was never a member of the church of the Pilgrims: there is even a question if he were not--like the rest of his family in Lancashire--a Roman Catholic; and this immediately places him in a position of peculiar distinction. From the first his mission was not along ecclesiastical lines, but along military and civil ones. The early histories are full of his intrepid deeds: there was never an expedition too dangerous or too difficult to daunt him. He would attack with the utmost daring the hardest or the humblest task. He was absolutely loyal to the interest of the Colony, and during that first dreadful winter when he was among the very few who were not stricken with sickness, he tended the others day and night, "unceasing in his loving care.  LET US AS WE PAY OUR RESPECTS TO DUXBURY PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND RECALL SOME OF THE COURAGEOUS ADVENTURES SOME OF THE BRAVE TRAITS AND SOME OF THE TENDER ONES WHICH MAKE UP OUR MEMORY OF THIS DOUGHTY'S MILITARY COMMANDER IN THE FIRST PLACE WE MUST REMEMBER THAT HE WAS NEVER A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS THERE IS EVEN IN QUESTION IF HE WERE NOT LIKE THE REST OF HIS FAMILY IN LANCASHIRE A ROMAN CATHOLIC AND THIS IMMEDIATELY PLACES HIM IN A POSITION OF PECULIAR DISTINCTION FROM THE FIRST HIS MISSION WAS NOT ALONG ECCLESIASTICAL LINES BUT ALONG MILITARY AND CIVIL ONES THE EARLY HISTORIES ARE FULL OF HIS INTREPID DEEDS THERE WAS NEVER AN EXPEDITION TOO DANGEROUS OR TOO DIFFICULT TO DAUNT HIM HE WOULD ATTACK WITH THE UTMOST DARING THE HARDEST OR THE HUMBLEST TASK HE WAS ABSOLUTELY LOYAL TO THE INTERESTS OF THE COLONY AND DURING THAT FIRST DREADFUL WINTER WHEN HE WAS AMONG THE VERY FEW WHO WERE NOT STRICKEN WITH SICKNESS HE TENDED THE OTHERS DAY AND NIGHT UNCEASING IN HIS LOVING CARE
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