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Between the marshes, which were of such high importance in those early days, and the ledges which have been the cause and the scene of so many Cohasset adventures, twists Jerusalem Road, the brilliant beauty of which has been so often  but never too often  remarked. BETWEEN THE MARSHES WHICH WERE OF SUCH HIGH IMPORTANCE IN THOSE EARLY DAYS AND THE LEDGES WHICH HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE IN THE SCENE OF SO MANY COHESIVE VENTURES TWIST JERUSALEM ROAD THE BRILLIANT BEAUTY OF WHICH HAS BEEN SO OFTEN BUT NEVER TOO OFTEN REMARKED
h should have assumed such importance reveals again the sensitiveness to land values of men who had so recently left England. The settling of the dispute was not referred back to England, but was settled by the colonists themselves. The author of the "Narrative History of Cohasset" calls this an event of only less historical importance than that of the pact drawn up in the cabin of the Mayflower. He declares that the confederation of states had its inception there, and adds: "The appointment for this joint commission for the settlement of this intercolonial difficulty was the first step of federation that culminated in the Colonial Congress and then blossomed into the United States." We to-day, to whom the salt grass of Cohasset is little more than a fringe about the two harbors, may find it difficult to agree fully with such a sweeping statement, but certainly this spot and boundary line should always be associated with the respect for property which has ennobled the Anglo-Saxon race. T THE SALT GRASS OF BASSING BEACH SHOULD HAVE ASSUMED SUCH IMPORTANCE REVEALS AGAIN THE SENSITIVENESS TO LAND VALUES OF MEN WHO HAD SO RECENTLY LEFT ENGLAND THE SETTLING OF THE DISPUTE WAS NOT REFERRED BACK TO ENGLAND BUT WAS SETTLED BY THE COLONISTS THE AUTHOR OF THE NARRATIVE HISTORY OF COHASIT CALLS THIS AN EVENT OF ONLY LESS HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE THAN THAT OF THE PACT DRAWN UP IN THE CABIN OF THE MAYFLOWER HE DECLARES THAT A CONFEDERATION OF STATES HAD ITS INCEPTION THERE AND ADDS THE APPOINTMENT FOR THIS JOINT COMMISSION FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THIS INTERCOLNIAL DIFFICULTY WAS THE FIRST STEP OF FEDERATION THAT CULMINATED IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND THEN BLOSSOMED INTO THE UNITED STATES WE TO DAY TO WHOM THE SALT GRASS OF COHAAS IS LITTLE MORE THAN A FRINGE ABOUT THE TWO HARBOURS MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO AGREE FULLY WITH SUCH A SWEEPING STATEMENT BUT CERTAINLY THIS SPOT AND BOUNDARY LINE SHOULD ALWAYS BE ASSOCIATED WITH RESPECT FOR PROPERTY WHICH HAS ENNOBLED THE ANGLO SAXON RACE
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