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Let us, as we pay our respects to Duxbury, pause for a moment and recall some of the courageous adventures, some of the brave traits and some of the tender ones, which make up our memory of this doughty military commander. LET US AS WE PAY OUR RESPECTS TO DUXBURY PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND RECALL SOME OF THE COURAGEOUS ADVENTURES SOME OF THE BRAVE TRAITS AND SOME OF THE TENDER ONES WHICH MAKE UP OUR MEMORY OF THIS DOUGHTY'S MILITARY COMMANDER
eral sentiment when he wrote that such a separation presaged the ruin of the church "& will provoke y^e Lord's displeasure against them." However, such unkind predictions in no wise bothered the sturdy little group who moved over to the new location, needing room for their cattle and their gardens, and most of all a sense of freedom from the restrictions of the mother colony. The son of Elder Brewster went, and in time the Elder himself, and so did John Alden and his wife Priscilla, whose courtship has been so well told by Longfellow that it needs no further embellishing here. On the grassy knoll where John and Priscilla built their home in 1631, their grandson built the cottage which now stands--the property of the Alden Kindred Association. John Alden seems to have been an attractive young fellow--it is easy to see why Priscilla Mullins preferred him to the swart, truculent widower--but from our point of view John Alden's chief claim to fame is that he was a friend of Myles Standish. GENERAL SENTIMENT WHEN HE WROTE THAT SUCH A SEPARATION PRESAGED THE RUIN OF THE CHURCH AND WILL PROVOKE YE LORD'S DISPLEASURE AGAINST THEM HOWEVER SUCH UNKIND PREDICTIONS IN NO WISE BOTHERED THE STURDY LITTLE GROUP WHO MOVED OVER TO THE NEW LOCATION NEEDING ROOM FOR THEIR CATTLE AND THEIR GARDENS AND MOST OF ALL A SENSE OF FREEDOM FROM THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE MOTHER COLONY THE SON OF ELDER BREWSTER WENT AND IN TIME THE ELDER HIMSELF AND SO DID JOHN ALDEN AND HIS WIFE PRISCILLA WHOSE COURTSHIP HAS BEEN SO WELL TOLD BY LONGFELLOW THAT IT NEEDS NO FURTHER EMBELLISHING HERE ON THE GRASSY KNOLL WHERE JOHN AND PRISCILLA BUILT THEIR HOME IN SIXTEEN THIRTY ONE THEIR GRANDSON BUILT THE COTTAGE WHICH NOW STANDS THE PROPERTY OF THE ALDEN KINDRED ASSOCIATION JOHN ALDEN SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN AN ATTRACTIVE YOUNG FELLOW IT IS EASY TO SEE WHY PRISCILLA MULLINS PREFERRED HIM TO THE SWART TRUCULENT WIDOWER BUT FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW JOHN ALDEN'S CHIEF CLAIM TO FAME IS THAT HE WAS A FRIEND OF MYLES STANDISH
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