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And from this same balcony we can pick out Thompson's, Rainsford, and Deer Island, set aside for huge corrective institutions  a graphic example of a nation's progress in its treatment of the wayward and the weak. But if history is more than wars, it is also more than institutions. AND FROM THIS SAME BALCONY WE CAN PICK OUT THOMPSON'S RAINSFORD AND DEER ISLAND SET ASIDE FOR HUGE CORRECTIVE INSTITUTIONS A GRAPHIC EXAMPLE OF A NATION'S PROGRESS IN ITS TREATMENT OF THE WAYWARD AND WEAK BUT IF HISTORY IS MORE THAN WARS IT IS ALSO MORE THAN INSTITUTIONS
 sides and see the harbor, the city and country as it is to-day? Both surveys will be brief; perhaps we will begin with the latter. Before us, to the wide east, lies Boston Harbor, decked with islands so various, so fascinating in contour and legend, that more than one volume has been written about them and not yet an adequate one. From the point of view of history these islands are pulsating with life. From Castle Island (on the left) which was selected as far back as 1634 to be a bulwark of the port, and which, with its Fort Independence, was where many of our Civil War soldiers received their training, to the outline of Squantum (on the right), where in October, 1917, there lay a marsh, and where, ten months later, the destroyer Delphy was launched from a shipyard that was a miracle of modern engineering--every mile of visible land is instinct with war-time associations. But history is more than battles and forts and the paraphernalia of war; history is economic development as well. ES AND SEE THE HARBOUR THE CITY AND COUNTRY AS IT IS TO DAY BOTH SURVEYS WILL BE BRIEF PERHAPS WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE LATTER BEFORE US TO THE WIDE EAST LIES BOSTON HARBOUR DECKED WITH ISLANDS SO VARIOUS SO FASCINATING IN CONTOUR AND LEGEND THAT MORE THAN ONE VOLUME HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THEM AND NOT YET AN ADEQUATE ONE FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF HISTORY THESE ISLANDS ARE PULSATING WITH LIFE FROM CASTLE ISLAND ON THE LEFT WHICH WAS SELECTED AS FAR BACK AS SIXTEEN THIRTY FOUR TO BE A BULKWORK OF THE PORT AND WHICH WITH ITS FORT INDEPENDENCE WAS WHERE MANY OF OUR CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS RECEIVED THEIR TRAINING TO THE OUTLINES OF SQUANTUM ON THE RIGHT WHERE IN OCTOBER NINETEEN SEVENTEEN THERE LAY A MARSH AND WHERE TEN MONTHS LATER THE DESTROYER DELPHI WAS LAUNCHED FROM A SHIP YARD THAT WAS A MIRACLE OF MODERN ENGINEERING EVERY MILE OF VISIBLE LAND IS INSTINCT WITH WAR TIME ASSOCIATION BUT HISTORY IS MORE THAN BATTLES AND FORTS AND THE PARAPHERNALIA OF WAR HISTORY IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL
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