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There the poor, broken thing lay in the sun, at the bottom of the Liberty Pole on which was flying, "Liberty or Death." But its career as a public feature had only begun. THERE THE POOR BROKEN THING LAY IN THE SUN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIBERTY POLE ON WHICH WAS FLYING LIBERTY OR DEATH BUT ITS CAREER AS A PUBLIC FEATURE HAD ONLY BEGUN
r. He had not been born until twenty-six years after the landing of the Pilgrims; his father, whom he quoted as declaring this to be the original rock and identical landing-place, had not even come over in the Mayflower, but in the Anne. However, this venerable Canute, carried to the water's edge in his armchair, in the presence of many witnesses, assured them and all posterity that this was the genuine, undeniable landing-place of the Pilgrims. And from that moment the belief was so firmly set in the American mind that no power could possibly dislodge it. In accordance with this suddenly acquired respect, it was decided to move the huge bulk to the more conspicuous location of the Town Square. When it was lifted from its prehistoric bed, it broke, and this was hailed as a propitious omen of the coming separation of the Colonies from the mother country. Only the upper half was dragged up to the Town Square--a process which took twenty yoke of oxen and was accompanied by wild huzzahing. NFINED TO AN ARMCHAIR HE HAD NOT BEEN BORN UNTIL TWENTY SIX YEARS AFTER THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS HIS FATHER WHOM HE QUOTED AS DECLARING THIS TO BE THE ORIGINAL ROCK AND IDENTICAL LANDING PLACE HAD NOT EVEN COME OVER IN THE MAYFLOWER BUT IN THE ANN HOWEVER THIS VENERABLE CANOOT CARRIED TO THE WATER'S EDGE IN HIS ARM CHAIR IN THE PRESENCE OF MANY WITNESSES ASSURED THEM AND ALL POSTERITY THAT THIS WAS THE GENUINE UNDENIABLE LANDING PLACE OF THE PILGRIMS AND FROM THAT MOMENT THE BELIEF WAS SO FIRMLY SET IN THE AMERICAN MIND THAT NO POWER COULD POSSIBLY DISLODGE IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUDDENLY ACQUIRED RESPECT IT WAS DECIDED TO MOVE THE HUGE BULK TO THE MORE CONSPICUOUS LOCATION OF THE TOWN SQUARE WHEN IT WAS LIFTED FROM ITS PREHISTORIC BED IT BROKE AND THIS WAS HAILED AS A PROPITIOUS OMEN OF THE COMING SEPARATION OF THE COLONIES FROM THE MOTHER COUNTRY ONLY THE UPPER HALF WAS DRAGGED UP TO THE TOWN SQUARE A PROCESS WHICH TOOK TWENTY YOKE OF OXEN AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY WILD HUSSAWING
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