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Before us lies the water with its multifarious islands, bays, promontories, and coves, some of which we shall now explore. Behind us lies the city which we shall now leave. BEFORE US LIES THE WATER WITH ITS MULTIFARIOUS ISLANDS BAYS PROMONTORIES AND COVES SOME OF WHICH WE SHALL NOW EXPLORE BEHIND US LIES THE CITY WHICH WE SHALL NOW LEAVE
nscriptions on the hill, tell the whole story to whoever cares to read, only omitting to mention that the thousand self-condemned Boston refugees who sailed away with the British fleet were bound for Halifax, and that that was the beginning of the opprobrious term: "Go to Halifax." That the battle was won without bloodshed in no way minimizes the verdict of history that "no single event had a greater general effect on the course of the war than the expulsion of the British from the New England capital." And surely this same verdict justifies the perpetual distinction of this unique and beautiful hill. This, then, is the story of Dorchester Heights--a story whose glory will wax rather than wane in the years, and centuries, to come. Let us be glad that out of the reek of the modern city congestion this green hill has been preserved and this white marble monument erected. Perhaps you see it now with different, more sympathetic eyes than when you first looked out from the balcony platform. TERS AND THE OTHER INSCRIPTIONS ON THE HILL TELL THE WHOLE STORY TO WHOEVER CARES TO READ ONLY OMITTING TO MENTION THAT THE THOUSAND SELF CONDEMNED BOSTON REFUGEES WHO SAILED AWAY WITH THE BRITISH FLEET WERE BOUND FOR HALIFAX AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE OPPROBRIOUS TERM GO TO HALIFAX THAT THE BATTLE WAS WON WITHOUT BLOODSHED IN NO WAY MINIMISES THE VERDICT OF HISTORY THAT NO SINGLE EVENT HAD A GREATER GENERAL EFFECT ON THE COURSE OF THE WAR THAN THE EXPULSION OF THE BRITISH FROM THE NEW ENGLAND CAPITAL AND SURELY THIS SAME VERDICT JUSTIFIES THE PERPETUAL DISTINCTION OF THIS UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL HILL THIS THEN IS THE STORY OF DORCHESTER HEIGHTS A STORY WHOSE GLORY WILL WAX RATHER THAN WANE IN THE YEARS AND CENTURIES TO COME LET US BE GLAD THAT OUT OF THE REEK OF THE MODERN CITY CONGESTION THIS GREEN HILL HAS BEEN PRESERVED AND THIS WHITE MARBLE MONUMENT ERECTED PERHAPS YOU WILL SEE IT NOW WITH DIFFERENT MORE SYMPATHETIC EYES THAN WHEN YOU FIRST LOOKED OUT FROM THE BALCONY PLATFORM
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