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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. THERE ARE MANY OTHER MEMORABLE THINGS ABOUT MARSFIELD GOVERNOR EDWARD WINSLOW WHO WAS SENT TO ENGLAND TO REPRESENT THE PLYMOUTH IN MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONIES AND WHOSE SON JOSIAH WAS THE FIRST NATIVE GOVERNOR OF THE COLONY MAY BOTH BE CALLED MARSH FILLED MEN
. His personal failings, which were those of a man of exceptional vitality, have been heavily--too heavily--emphasized. He ate and drank and spent money lavishly; he had a fine library; he loved handsome plate and good service and good living. He was generous; he was kind. That he was susceptible to adulation and, after the death of his first wife, drifted into associations less admirable than those of his earlier years, are the dark threads of a woof underrunning a majestic warp. He adored his country with a fervor that savors of the heroic, and when he said, "There are no Alleghanies in my politics," he spoke the truth. The intense passion for the soil which animated him at Marshfield was only a fragment of that higher passion for his country--feeling never tainted by sectionalism or local prejudice. It was this profound love for the Union, coupled with his surpassing gift of eloquence in expressing that love and inspiring it in all who heard him, that distinguishes him for all time. LOUSNESS IN MONEY MATTERS HIS PERSONAL FAILINGS WHICH WERE THOSE OF A MAN OF EXCEPTIONAL VITALITY HAVE BEEN HEAVILY TOO HEAVILY EMPHASIZED HE ATE AND DRANK AND SPENT MONEY LAVISHLY HE HAD A FINE LIBRARY HE LOVED HANDSOME PLATE AND GOOD SERVICE AND GOOD LIVING HE WAS GENEROUS HE WAS KIND THAT HE WAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ADULATION AND AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE DRIFTED INTO ASSOCIATIONS LESS ADMIRABLE THAN THOSE OF HIS EARLIER YEARS ARE THE DARK THREADS OF A WOLF UNDER RUNNING A MAJESTIC WARP HE ADORED HIS COUNTRY WITH A FERVOR THAT SAVOURS OF THE HEROIC AND WHEN HE SAID THERE ARE NO ALLEGHANIES IN MY POLITICS HE SPOKE THE TRUTH THE INTENSE PASSION FOR THE SOIL WHICH ANIMATED HIM AT MARSFIELD WAS ONLY A FRAGMENT OF THAT HIGHER PASSION FOR HIS COUNTRY FEELING NEVER TAINTED BY SECTIONALISM OR LOCAL PREJUDICE IT WAS THIS PROFOUND LOVE FOR THE UNION COUPLED WITH HIS SURPASSING GIFT OF ELOQUENCE IN EXPRESSING THAT LOVE AND INSPIRING IT IN ALL WHO HEARD HIM THAT DISTINGUISHES HIM FOR ALL TIME
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