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He loves him right well, and is persuaded that God has given him to them in mercy and for much good, if he is used aright; but he fears that there may be wanting in him "that tenderness of the life of man (made after God's image) which is meet." HE LOVES HIM RIGHT WELL AND IS PERSUADED THAT GOD HAS GIVEN HIM TO THEM IN MERCY AND FOR MUCH GOOD IF HE IS USED ARIGHT BUT HE FEARS THAT THERE MAY BE WANTING IN HIM THAT TENDERNESS OF THE LIFE OF MAN MADE AFTER GOD'S IMAGE WHICH IS MEAT
 the Pilgrims: there is even a question if he were not--like the rest of his family in Lancashire--a Roman Catholic; and this immediately places him in a position of peculiar distinction. From the first his mission was not along ecclesiastical lines, but along military and civil ones. The early histories are full of his intrepid deeds: there was never an expedition too dangerous or too difficult to daunt him. He would attack with the utmost daring the hardest or the humblest task. He was absolutely loyal to the interest of the Colony, and during that first dreadful winter when he was among the very few who were not stricken with sickness, he tended the others day and night, "unceasing in his loving care." As in many audacious characters this sweeter side of his nature does not seem to have been fully appreciated by his contemporaries, and we have the letter in which Robinson, that "most learned, polished and modest spirit," writes to Bradford, and warns him to have care about Standish. EMBER OF THE CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS THERE IS EVEN IN QUESTION IF HE WERE NOT LIKE THE REST OF HIS FAMILY IN LANCASHIRE A ROMAN CATHOLIC AND THIS IMMEDIATELY PLACES HIM IN A POSITION OF PECULIAR DISTINCTION FROM THE FIRST HIS MISSION WAS NOT ALONG ECCLESIASTICAL LINES BUT ALONG MILITARY AND CIVIL ONES THE EARLY HISTORIES ARE FULL OF HIS INTREPID DEEDS THERE WAS NEVER AN EXPEDITION TOO DANGEROUS OR TOO DIFFICULT TO DAUNT HIM HE WOULD ATTACK WITH THE UTMOST DARING THE HARDEST OR THE HUMBLEST TASK HE WAS ABSOLUTELY LOYAL TO THE INTERESTS OF THE COLONY AND DURING THAT FIRST DREADFUL WINTER WHEN HE WAS AMONG THE VERY FEW WHO WERE NOT STRICKEN WITH SICKNESS HE TENDED THE OTHERS DAY AND NIGHT UNCEASING IN HIS LOVING CARE AS IN MANY AUDACIOUS CHARACTERS THIS SWEETER SIDE OF HIS NATURE DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN FULLY APPRECIATED BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND WE HAVE THE LETTER IN WHICH ROBINSON THAT MOST LEARNED POLISHED AND MODEST SPIRIT WRITES TO BRADFORD AND WARNS HIM TO HAVE CARE ABOUT STANDISH
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