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Fairly near the road, it overlooked a rolling green meadow (a meadow which, by the gift of John Murray Forbes, will always be kept open), with a flat green marsh at its feet and the wide flat twist of the Neponset River winding through it, for all the world like a decorative panel by Puvis de Chavannes. FAIRLY NEAR THE ROAD IT OVERLOOKED A ROLLING GREEN MEADOW A MEADOW WHICH BY THE GIFT OF JOHN MURRAY FORBES WILL ALWAYS BE KEPT OPEN WITH A FLAT GREEN MARSH AT ITS FEET AND THE WIDE FLAT TWIST OF THE NEPONSET RIVER WINDING THROUGH IT FOR ALL THE WORLD LIKE A DECORATIVE PANEL BY PEVE DE CHANVAIS
 of positiveness and idealism, that "inhabitants of granite countries have a force and healthiness of character about them that clearly distinguishes them from the inhabitants of less pure districts." Perhaps he was right, for surely here where the succeeding generations have all lived in the atmosphere of the marching Blue Hill, each has through its own fair name, done honor to the fair names which have preceded it. One of the very first to be attracted by the lofty and yet lovely appeal of this region was Governor Thomas Hutchinson, the last of the Royal Governors Massachusetts was to know. It was about the middle of the eighteenth century that this gentleman, of whom John Adams wrote, "He had been admired, revered, and almost adored," chose as the spot for his house the height above the Neponset River. If we follow the old country Heigh Waye to the top of Unquity (now Milton) Hill, we will find the place he chose, although the house he built has gone and another stands in its place. AND CHARACTERISTIC MIXTURE OF POSITIVENESS AND IDEALISM THAT INHABITANTS OF GRANITE COUNTRIES HAVE A FORCE OF HEALTHINESS OF CHARACTER ABOUT THEM THAT CLEARLY DISTINGUISHES THEM FROM THE INHABITANTS OF LESS PURE DISTRICTS PERHAPS HE WAS RIGHT FOR SURELY HERE WHERE THE SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS HAVE ALL LIVED IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE MARCHING BLUE HILL EACH HAS THROUGH ITS OWN FAIR NAME DONE HONOR TO THE FAIR NAMES WHICH HAVE PRECEDED IT ONE OF THE VERY FIRST TO BE ATTRACTED BY THE LOFTY AND YET LOVELY APPEAL OF THIS REGION WAS GOVERNOR THOMAS HUTCHINSON THE LAST OF THE ROYAL GOVERNORS MASSACHUSETTS WAS TO KNOW IT WAS ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THAT THIS GENTLEMAN OF WHOM JOHN ADAMS WROTE HE HAD BEEN ADMIRED REVERED AND ALMOST ADORED CHOSE AS THE SPOT FOR HIS HOUSE THE HEIGHT ABOVE THE NEPONSET RIVER IF WE FOLLOW THE OLD COUNTRY HIGHWAY TO THE TOP OF UNQUIDIE NOW MILTON HILL WE WILL FIND THE PLACE HE CHOSE ALTHOUGH THE HOUSE HE BUILT HAS GONE AND ANOTHER STANDS IN ITS PLACE
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