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Clarke's Island  already so named  lies as it does to day, but save for these main topographical outlines the Plymouth at which we are looking in our imagination would be quite unrecognizable to us. CLARK'S ISLAND ALREADY SO NAMED LIES AS IT DOES TO DAY BUT SAVE FOR THESE MAIN TOPOGRAPHICAL OUTLINES THE PLYMOUTH AT WHICH WE ARE LOOKING IN OUR IMAGINATION WOULD BE QUITE UNRECOGNIZABLE TO US
turn to civilized life--to friends and relatives, to blooming English hedgerows and orderly English churches. But no one--no, not a single one returns! They have thrown in their lot with the new country--the new life. Their nearest civilized neighbors are the French of Nova Scotia, five hundred miles to the north, and the English of Virginia five hundred miles to the south. But they are undaunted. And yet--who can doubt that as they gaze out upon the familiar sails--the last banner between themselves and their ancestral home, and as they see them sailing out and out until they sink below the verge of sea and sky, the tears "rise in the heart and gather to the eyes" in "thinking of the days that are no more." Three hundred years ago! The same harbor now as then, with the highland of Cape Cod dimly outlined in the gray eastern horizon; the bluffs of Manomet nearer on the right; opposite them, on the left, Duxbury Beach comes down, and ends in the promontory which holds the Gurnet Lights. AY LEAVE THE PRIVATIONS THE CRAMPED QUARTERS AND RETURN TO CIVILIZED LIFE TWO BLOOMING ENGLISH HEDGEROWS AND ORDERLY ENGLISH CHURCHES BUT NO ONE NO NOT A SINGLE ONE RETURNS THEY HAVE THROWN IN THEIR LOT WITH THE NEW COUNTRY THE NEW LIFE THEIR NEAREST CIVILIZED NEIGHBORS ARE THE FRENCH OF NOVA SCOTIA FIVE HUNDRED MILES TO THE NORTH AND THE ENGLISH OF VIRGINIA FI HUNDRED MILES TO THE SOUTH BUT THEY ARE UNDAUNTED AND YET WHO CAN DOUBT THAT AS THEY GAZE OUT UPON THE FAMILIAR SAILS THE LAST BANNER BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THEIR ANCESTRAL HOME AND AS THEY SEE THEM SAILING OUT AND OUT UNTIL THEY SINK BELOW THE VERGE OF SEA AND SKY THE TEARS RISE IN THE HEART AND GATHER TO THE EYES IN THINKING OF THE DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE SAME HARBOUR NOW IS THEN WITH THE HIGHLAND OF CAPE COD DIMLY OUTLINED IN THE GREY EASTERN HORIZON THE BLUFFS OF MONOMEMENT NEARER ON THE RIGHT OPPOSITE THEM ON THE LEFT DUXBURY BEACH COMES DOWN AND ENDS IN THE PROMONTORY WHICH HOLDS THE GARNET LIGHTS
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