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More history than one person can pleasantly relate, or one can comfortably listen to, lies packed along this ancient turnpike: incidents closer set than the tombs along the Appian Way. We will not try to hear them all. Neither will we follow the original road too closely, for we seek the beautiful pleasure drive of to day more than the historic highway of long ago. MORE HISTORY THAN ONE PERSON CAN PLEASANTLY RELATE OR ONE CAN COMFORTABLY LISTEN TO LIES PACKED ALONG THIS ANCIENT TURNPIKE INCIDENTS CLOSER SET THAN THE TOMBS ALONG THE APPIAN WAY WE WILL NOT TRY TO HEAR THEM ALL NEITHER WILL WE FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL ROAD TOO CLOSELY FOR WE SEEK THE BEAUTIFUL PLEASURE DRIVE OF TO DAY MORE THAN THE HISTORIC HIGHWAY OF LONG AGO
 That the battle was won without bloodshed in no way minimizes the verdict of history that "no single event had a greater general effect on the course of the war than the expulsion of the British from the New England capital." And surely this same verdict justifies the perpetual distinction of this unique and beautiful hill. This, then, is the story of Dorchester Heights--a story whose glory will wax rather than wane in the years, and centuries, to come. Let us be glad that out of the reek of the modern city congestion this green hill has been preserved and this white marble monument erected. Perhaps you see it now with different, more sympathetic eyes than when you first looked out from the balcony platform. Before us lies the water with its multifarious islands, bays, promontories, and coves, some of which we shall now explore. Behind us lies the city which we shall now leave. The Old Coast Road--the oldest in New England--winds from Boston to Plymouth, along yonder southern horizon. TERM GO TO HALIFAX THAT THE BATTLE WAS WON WITHOUT BLOODSHED IN NO WAY MINIMISES THE VERDICT OF HISTORY THAT NO SINGLE EVENT HAD A GREATER GENERAL EFFECT ON THE COURSE OF THE WAR THAN THE EXPULSION OF THE BRITISH FROM THE NEW ENGLAND CAPITAL AND SURELY THIS SAME VERDICT JUSTIFIES THE PERPETUAL DISTINCTION OF THIS UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL HILL THIS THEN IS THE STORY OF DORCHESTER HEIGHTS A STORY WHOSE GLORY WILL WAX RATHER THAN WANE IN THE YEARS AND CENTURIES TO COME LET US BE GLAD THAT OUT OF THE REEK OF THE MODERN CITY CONGESTION THIS GREEN HILL HAS BEEN PRESERVED AND THIS WHITE MARBLE MONUMENT ERECTED PERHAPS YOU WILL SEE IT NOW WITH DIFFERENT MORE SYMPATHETIC EYES THAN WHEN YOU FIRST LOOKED OUT FROM THE BALCONY PLATFORM BEFORE US LIES THE WATER WITH ITS MULTIFARIOUS ISLANDS BAYS PROMONTORIES AND COVES SOME OF WHICH WE SHALL NOW EXPLORE BEHIND US LIES THE CITY WHICH WE SHALL NOW LEAVE THE OLD COAST ROAD THE OLDEST IN NEW ENGLAND WINDS FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH ALONG YONDER SOUTHERN HORIZON
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