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The green in front of the old white meeting house  one of the prettiest and most perfect meeting houses on the South Shore  has been pressed by the feet of men assembling for six wars. It makes Cohasset seem venerable, indeed, when one thinks of the march of American history. But to the tawny ledges, tumbling out to sea, these three hundred years are as but a day; for the story of the stones, like the story of the stars, is measured in terms of milliards. To such immemorial keepers of the coast the life of man is a brief tale that is soon told, and fades as swiftly as the fading leaf. THE GREEN IN FRONT OF THE OLD WHITE MEETING HOUSE ONE OF THE PRETTIEST AND MOST PERFECT MEETING HOUSES ON THE SOUTH SHORE HAS BEEN PRESSED BY THE FEET OF MEN ASSEMBLING FOR SIX WARS IT MAKES COHSSET SEEM VENERABLE INDEED WHEN ONE THINKS OF THE MARCH OF AMERICAN HISTORY BUT TO THE TAWNY LEDGES TUMBLING OUT TO SEA THESE THREE HUNDRED YEARS ARE AS BUT A DAY FOR THE STORY OF THE STONES LIKE THE STORY OF THE STARS IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF MILLIONS TO SUCH IMMEORABLE KEEPERS OF THE COAST LIFE OF MAN IS A BRIEF TALE THAT IS SOON TOLD AND FADES AS SWIFTLY AS THE FADING LEAF
over from Hingham, was moved either by piety or sarcasm to give the trail its present arresting name. However, as the herdsman did not take this route, but the back road through Turkey Meadows, it is more probable that some visitors, who detected a resemblance between this section of the country and the Holy Land, were responsible for the christening of this road and also of the Sea of Galilee--which last has almost dropped into disuse. There does not seem to be any particular suggestion of the land of the Pharaohs and present-day Egypt, but tradition explains that as follows: Old Squire Perce had accumulated a store of grain in case of drought, and when the drought came and the men hurried to him to buy corn, he greeted them with "Well, boys, so you've come down to Egypt to buy corn." Another proof, if one were needed, of the Biblical familiarity of those days. It is hard to stop writing about Cohasset. There are so many bits of history tucked into every ledge and cranny of her shore. E HASSET WHO DROVE HIS HERD OVER FROM HINGHAM WAS MOVED EITHER BY PIETY OR SARCASM TO GIVE THE TRAIL ITS PRESENT ARRESTING NAME HOWEVER AS THE HERDSMAN DID NOT TAKE THIS ROUTE BUT THE BACK ROAD THROUGH TURKEY MEADOWS IT IS MORE PROBABLE THAT SOME VISITORS WHO DETECTED A RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THIS SECTION OF THE COUNTRY AND THE HOLY LAND WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHRISTENING OF THIS ROAD AND ALSO OF THE SEA OF GALILEE WHICH LAST HAS ALMOST DROPPED INTO DISUSE THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY PARTICULAR SUGGESTION OF THE LAND OF THE PHAROS IN PRESENT DAY EGYPT BUT TRADITION EXPLAINS THAT AS FOLLOWS OLD SQUIRE PURS HAD ACCUMULATED A STORE OF GRAIN IN CASE OF DROUGHT AND WHEN THE DROUGHT CAME AND THE MEN HURRIED TO HIM TO BUY CORN HE GREETED THEM WITH WELL BOYS SO YOU'VE COME DOWN TO EGYPT TO BUY CORN ANOTHER PROOF IF ONE WERE NEEDED OF THE BIBLICAL FAMILIARITY OF THOSE DAYS IT IS HARD TO STOP WRITING ABOUT COHASIT THERE ARE SO MANY BITS OF HISTORY TUCKED INTO EVERY LEDGE AND CRANNY OF HER SHORE
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