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It is to Plymouth that we now set out. IT IS TO PLYMOUTH THAT WE NOW SET OUT
t 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. 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. The Old Coast Road--the oldest in New England--winds from Boston to Plymouth, along yonder southern horizon. More history than one person can pleasantly relate, or one can comfortably listen to, lies packed along this ancient turnpike: incidents closer set than the tombs along the Appian Way. We will not try to hear them all. Neither will we follow the original road too closely, for we seek the beautiful pleasure drive of to-day more than the historic highway of long ago. Boston was made the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632. Plymouth was a capital a decade before. 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 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 THE OLD COAST ROAD THE OLDEST IN NEW ENGLAND WINDS FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH ALONG YONDER SOUTHERN HORIZON MORE HISTORY THAN ONE PERSON CAN PLEASANTLY RELATE OR ONE CAN COMFORTABLY LISTEN TO LIES PACKED ALONG THIS ANCIENT TURNPIKE INCIDENTS CLOSER SET THAN THE TOMBS ALONG THE APPIAN WAY WE WILL NOT TRY TO HEAR THEM ALL NEITHER WILL WE FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL ROAD TOO CLOSELY FOR WE SEEK THE BEAUTIFUL PLEASURE DRIVE OF TO DAY MORE THAN THE HISTORIC HIGHWAY OF LONG AGO BOSTON WAS MADE THE CAPITAL OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY IN SIXTEEN THIRTY TWO PLYMOUTH WAS A CAPITAL A DECADE BEFORE
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