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Having done its work, having founded soundly and peopled strongly an exceptional region, the New England conscience had no further necessity for being. Those whom it now tortures with its hot pincers of doubt and self reproach are sacrificed to a cause long since won." HAVING DONE ITS WORK HAVING FOUNDED SOUNDLY AND PEOPLED STRONGLY AN EXCEPTIONAL REGION THE NEW ENGLAND CONSCIENCE HAD NO FURTHER NECESSITY FOR BEING THOSE WHOM IT NOW TORTURES WITH ITS HOT PINCERS OF DOUBT AND SELF REPROACH ARE SACRIFICED TO A CAUSE LONG SINCE WON
gh pitch, attained and sustained by our Puritan fathers, which produced a dramatic and sometimes terrible blend of personality. It has become the modern fashion somewhat to belittle Puritanism. It is easy to emphasize its absurdities, to ridicule the almost fanatical fervor which goaded men to harshness and inconsistency. The fact remains that a tremendous selective force was needed to tear the Puritans away from the mother church and the mother country and fortify them in their struggle in a new land. It was religious zeal which furnished this motive power. Different implements and differently directed force are needed to extract the diamond from the earth, from the implements and force needed to polish and cut the same diamond. So different phases of religious development are called forth by progressive phases of development. It has been said about the New England conscience: "It fostered a condition of life and type of character doubtless never again possible in the world's history. ITH IT WAS THIS HIGH PITCH ATTAINED AND SUSTAINED BY OUR PURITAN FATHERS WHICH PRODUCED A DRAMATIC AND SOMETIMES TERRIBLE BLEND OF PERSONALITY IT HAS BECOME THE MODERN FASHION SOMEWHAT TO BELITTLE PURITANISM IT IS EASY TO EMPHASIZE ITS ABSURDITIES TO RIDICULE THE ALMOST FANATICAL FERVOR WHICH GOADED MEN TO HARSHNESS AND INCONSISTENCY THE FACT REMAINS THAT A TREMENDOUS SELECTIVE FORCE WAS NEEDED TO TEAR THE PURITANS AWAY FROM THE MOTHER CHURCH AND THE MOTHER COUNTRY AND FORTIFY THEM IN THEIR STRUGGLE IN A NEW LAND IT WAS RELIGIOUS ZEAL WHICH FURNISHED THIS MOTIVE POWER DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTS AND DIFFERENTLY DIRECTED FORCE ARE NEEDED TO EXTRACT THE DIAMOND FROM THE EARTH FROM THE IMPLEMENTS AND FORCE NEEDED TO POLISH AND CUT SAME DIAMOND SO DIFFERENT PHASES OF RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT ARE CALLED FORTH BY PROGRESSIVE PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT IT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THE NEW ENGLAND CONSCIENCE IT FOSTERED A CONDITION OF LIFE AND TYPE OF CHARACTER DOUBTLESS NEVER AGAIN POSSIBLE IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY
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