And it seemed as if Providence. in the rearing of our early patriots. prepared a people for the new life and new conditions. In other lands the theory of government had been based upon the divine right. and libertyyearning people everywhere. were. casting about for some spot. where the experiment of a government based upon human rights and human equality. could be attempted. Toward our shores the tide of emigration had settled. Sturdy. resolute men and women had come hither. The bleak and dreary snowcovered hills and plains. the fogenveloped. rockbound coasts of New England seemed in their almost forbidding harshness to invite men who had the fire of liberty burning in their hearts. and among surroundings the most disheartening. upon these shores. determined men mapped out the future of this country.
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