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Those hundreds  those thousands  of earnest eyed men and women who have stood beside this rock with tears in their eyes, and emotions too deep for words in their hearts, "believing where they cannot prove," have not only interpreted the vital significance of the place, but, by their very emotion, have sanctified it. THOSE HUNDREDS THOSE THOUSANDS OF EARNEST EYED MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE STOOD BESIDE THIS ROCK WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES AND EMOTIONS TOO DEEP FOR WORDS IN THEIR HEARTS BELIEVING WHERE THEY CANNOT PROVE HAVE NOT ONLY INTERPRETED THE VITAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PLACE BUT BY THEIR VERY EMOTION HAVE SANCTIFIED IT
n the neatest of concrete bases, and over it was reared, from the designs of Hammatt Billings, the ugliest granite canopy imaginable--in which canopy, to complete the grisly atmosphere of the catacombs, were placed certain human bones found in an exploration of Cole's Hill. Bleak and homeless the old rock now lies passively in forlorn state under its atrocious shelter, behind a strong iron grating, and any of a dozen glib street urchins, in syllables flavored with Cork, or Genoese, or Polish accents, will, for a penny, relate the facts substantially as I have stated them.[2] It is easy to be unsympathetic in regard to any form of fetishism which we do not share. And while the bare fact remains that we are not at all sure that the Pilgrims landed on this rock, and we are entirely sure that its present location and setting possess no romantic allurement, yet bare facts are not the whole truth, and even when correct they are often the superficial and not the fundamental part of the truth. THE SUMMER OF NINETEEN TWENTY ONE A BEAUTIFUL AND DIGNIFIED PORTICO OF GRANITE WILL BE RAISED AS A FINAL AND PERMANENT MEMORIAL OVER THE ROCK WHICH WILL BE MOVED FOR THE LAST TIME LOWERED TO AS NEAR ITS ORIGINAL BED AS POSSIBLE THIS WORK WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN IN CHARGE BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA WILL BE EXECUTED BY MC KIM MEAD AND WHITE THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS ARE ALSO WORKING FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE FIRST PILGRIM BURIAL PLACE ON COLES HILL THE PILGRIM'S SOCIETY IS TO ASSUME THE PERPETUAL CARE OF BOTH MEMORIAL AND LOT AND FOOTNOTE IT IS EASY TO BE UNSYMPATHETIC IN REGARD TO ANY FORM OF FETISHISM WHICH WE DO NOT SHARE AND WHILE THE BARE FACT REMAINS THAT WE ARE NOT AT ALL SURE THAT THE PILGRIMS LANDED ON THIS ROCK AND WE ARE ENTIRELY SURE THAT ITS PRESENT LOCATION AND SETTING POSSESSED NO ROMANTIC ALLUREMENT YET BARE FACTS ARE NOT THE WHOLE TRUTH AND EVEN WHEN CORRECT THEY ARE OFTEN THE SUPERFICIAL AND NOT THE FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE TRUTH
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