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There is no more graphic index to the caliber of a people than the houses which they build, and the first house above all others which we must associate with this spot is the Standish cottage, built at the foot of Captain's Hill by Alexander Standish, the son of Myles, partly from materials from his father's house, which was burned down, but whose cellar is still visible. THERE IS NO MORE GRAPHIC INDEX TO THE CALIBRE OF A PEOPLE THAN THE HOUSES WHICH THEY BUILD AND THE FIRST HOUSE ABOVE ALL OTHERS WHICH WE MUST ASSOCIATE WITH THIS SPOT IS THE STANDISH COTTAGE BUILT AT THE FOOT OF CAPTAIN'S HILL BY ALEXANDER STANDISH THE SON OF MILES PARTLY FROM MATERIALS FROM HIS FATHER'S HOUSE WHICH WAS BURNED DOWN BUT WHOSE CELLAR IS STILL VISIBLE
 between Third and Fourth Cliff. These and many other men and events of Marshfield are properly given a place in the history of New England, but the special glory of this spot will always be that Daniel Webster chose to live, chose to die, and chose to be buried under the vast vault of her skyey spaces, within the sound of her eternal sea. [Illustration] CHAPTER IX DUXBURY HOMES [Illustration] There are certain places whose happy fortune seems to be that they are always specially loved and specially sought by the children of men. From that memorable date in 1630 when a little group of the Plymouth colonists asked permission to locate across the bay at "Duxberie" until now, when the summer colony alone has far surpassed that of the original settlers, this section of the coast--with its lovely six-mile beach, its high bluffs, and its pleasant hills and pasture lands, upon which are found quite a southern flora, unique in this northern latitude--has been thoroughly frequented and enjoyed.  CHAPTER NINE OF THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH BY AGNES EDWARDS THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY K HAND CHAPTER NINE DUXBURY HOMES THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES WHOSE HAPPY FORTUNE SEEMS TO BE THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS SPECIALLY LOVED AND SPECIALLY SOUGHT BY THE CHILDREN OF MEN FROM THAT MEMORABLE DATE IN SIXTEEN THIRTY WHEN A LITTLE GROUP OF THE PLYMOUTH COLONISTS ASKED PERMISSION TO LOCATE ACROSS THE BAY AT DUXBURY UNTIL NOW WHEN THE SUMMER COLONY ALONE HAS FAR SURPASSED THAT OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS THIS SECTION OF THE COAST WITH ITS LOVELY SIX MILE BEACH ITS HIGH BLUFFS AND ITS PLEASANT HILLS AND PASTURE LANDS UPON WHICH ARE FOUND QUITE A SOUTHERN FLORA UNIQUE IN THIS NORTHERN LATITUDE HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY FREQUENTED AND ENJOYED
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