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But no  just as the mind of man takes a singular satisfaction in gazing at mummies preserved in human semblance in the unearthly stillness of the catacombs, so the once massive boulder  now carefully mended  was placed upon the neatest of concrete bases, and over it was reared, from the designs of Hammatt Billings, the ugliest granite canopy imaginable  in which canopy, to complete the grisly atmosphere of the catacombs, were placed certain human bones found in an exploration of Cole's Hill. BUT NO JUST AS THE MIND OF MAN TAKES A SINGULAR SATISFACTION IN GAZING AT MUMMIES PRESERVED IN HUMAN SEMBLANCE IN THE UNEARTHLY STILLNESS OF THE CATACOMBS SO THE ONCE MASSIVE BOULDER NOW CAREFULLY MENDED WAS PLACED UPON THE NEATEST OF CONCRETE BASES AND OVER IT WAS REARED FROM THE DESIGNS OF HAMLET BUILDINGS THE UGLIEST GRANITE CANOPY IMAGINABLE IN WHICH CANOPY TO COMPLETE THE GRISLY ATMOSPHERE OF THE CATACOMBS WERE PLACED CERTAIN HUMAN BONES FOUND IN AN EXPLORATION OF COALES HILL
which took twenty yoke of oxen and was accompanied by wild huzzahing. There the poor, broken thing lay in the sun, at the bottom of the Liberty Pole on which was flying, "Liberty or Death." But its career as a public feature had only begun. It remained in the square until 1834, and then on July 4 it was decided to drag it to a still more conspicuous place. So with a formal procession, it was again hoisted and hauled and set down in front of the entrance porch of Pilgrim Hall, where it lay like a captive mammoth animal for curious folk to gaze at. Here it was granted almost half a century of undisturbed if not secluded slumber. But the end was not yet. In 1880 it was once more laid hold of and carted back to its original setting, and welded without ceremony, to the part from which it had been sundered. Now all of this seems quite enough--more than enough--of pitiless publicity, for one old rock whose only offense had been to be lifting its head above the water on a December day in 1620. KE OF OXEN AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY WILD HUSSAWING THERE THE POOR BROKEN THING LAY IN THE SUN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIBERTY POLE ON WHICH WAS FLYING LIBERTY OR DEATH BUT ITS CAREER AS A PUBLIC FEATURE HAD ONLY BEGUN IT REMAINED IN THE SQUARE UNTIL EIGHTEEN THIRTY FOUR AND THEN ON JULY FOURTH IT WAS DECIDED TO DRAG IT TO A STILL MORE CONSPICUOUS PLACE SO WITH A FORMAL PROCESSION IT WAS AGAIN HOISTED AND HAULED AND SET DOWN IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE PORCH OF PILGRIM HALL WHERE IT LAY LIKE A CAPTIVE MAMMOTH ANIMAL FOR CURIOUS FOLK TO GAZE AT HERE IT WAS GRANTED ALMOST HALF A CENTURY OF UNDISTURBED IF NOT SECLUDED SLUMBER BUT THE END WAS NOT YET IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY IT WAS ONCE MORE LAID HOLD OF AND CARTED BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL SETTING AND WELDED WITHOUT CEREMONY TO THE PART FROM WHICH IT HAD BEEN SUNDERED NOW ALL OF THIS SEEMS QUITE ENOUGH MORE THAN ENOUGH OF PITILESS PUBLICITY FOR ONE OLD ROCK WHOSE ONLY OFFENCE HAD BEEN TO BE LIFTING ITS HEAD ABOVE THE WATER ON A DECEMBER DAY IN SIXTEEN TWENTY
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