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Whatever Morton's discrepancies may have been, his response to beauty was lively and true: whatever his morals, his prose is delightful. WHATEVER MORTON'S DISCREPANCIES MAY HAVE BEEN HIS RESPONSE TO BEAUTY WAS LIVELY AND TRUE WHATEVER HIS MORALS HIS PROSE IS DELIGHTFUL
ck brought in by the Reverend Hull was good stock. We may not envy the ladies scrubbing their own floors or the men walking to Boston, but many of the best families of this country are proud to trace their origin back to Weymouth. Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont; then New York, Rhode Island, and Connecticut attracted men from Weymouth. Later the Middle West and the Far West called them. In fact for over a century the town hardly raised its number of population, so energetic was the youth it produced. As happens with lamentable frequency, when Weymouth ceased to be naughty she also ceased to be interesting. After poring over the dull pages of the town history, one is sometimes tempted to wonder if, perhaps, the irreverent Morton did not, for all his sins, divine a deeper meaning in this spot than the respectable ones who came after him. One cannot read the "New English Canaan" without regretting a little that this happy-natured fellow was so unceremoniously bustled out of the country. ORN BUT THE ENGLISH STOCK BROUGHT IN BY THE REVEREND HULL WAS GOOD STOCK WE MAY NOT ENVY THE LADIES SCRUBBING THEIR OWN FLOORS OR THE MEN WALKING TO BOSTON BUT MANY OF THE BEST FAMILIES OF THIS COUNTRY ARE PROUD TO TRACE THEIR ORIGIN BACK TO WEYMOUTH MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT THEN NEW YORK RHODE ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT ATTRACTED MEN FROM WEYMOUTH LATER THE MIDDLE WEST AND THE FAR WEST CALLED THEM IN FACT FOR OVER A CENTURY THE TOWN HARDLY RAISED ITS NUMBER OF POPULATION SO ENERGETIC WAS THE YOUTH IT PRODUCED AS HAPPENS WITH LAMENTABLE FREQUENCY WHEN WEYMOUTH CEASED TO BE NAUGHTY SHE ALSO CEASED TO BE INTERESTING AFTER PORING OVER THE DULL PAGES OF THE TOWN HISTORY ONE IS SOMETIMES TEMPTED TO WONDER IF PERHAPS THE IRREVERENT MORTON DID NOT FOR ALL HIS SINS DIVINE A DEEPER MEANING IN THIS SPOT THAN THE RESPECTABLE ONES WHO CAME AFTER HIM ONE CANNOT READ THE NEW ENGLISH CANAAN WITHOUT REGRETTING A LITTLE THAT THIS HAPPY NATURED FELLOW WAS SO UNCEREMONIOUSLY BUSTLED OUT OF THE COUNTRY
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