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And from that moment the belief was so firmly set in the American mind that no power could possibly dislodge it. AND FROM THAT MOMENT THE BELIEF WAS SO FIRMLY SET IN THE AMERICAN MIND THAT NO POWER COULD POSSIBLY DISLODGE IT
 half-covered with a wharf, and used as a doorstep to a warehouse. This was an ignominious position for a magnificent free boulder which had been a part of the untrammeled sea and land for centuries, but this lowly occupation was infinitely less trying than the fate which was awaiting. At the time the wharf was suggested, the idea that the rock was the actual landing-place of the first colonists had gained such momentum that a party was formed in its defense. An aged man, Thomas Faunce, was produced. He was ninety-five and confined 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 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. URSE OF EVENTS IT WAS HALF COVERED WITH A WHARF AND USED AS A DOORSTEP TO A WAREHOUSE THIS WAS AN IGNOMINIOUS POSITION FOR A MAGNIFICENT FREE BOULDER WHICH HAD BEEN A PART OF THE UNTRAMMELED SEA AND LAND FOR CENTURIES BUT THIS LOWLY OCCUPATION WAS INFINITELY LESS TRYING THAN THE FATE WHICH WAS AWAITING AT THE TIME THE WHARF WAS SUGGESTED THE IDEA THAT THE ROCK WAS THE ACTUAL LANDING PLACE OF THE FIRST COLONISTS HAD GAINED SUCH MOMENTUM THAT A PARTY WAS FORMED IN ITS DEFENSE AN AGED MAN THOMAS FOUNTS WAS PRODUCED HE WAS NINETY FIVE AND CONFINED 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
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