They have.been conspicuous within our memory for their. virile intellects. their ripe learning. and their widespread political influence throughout the country. All this is well known. but the subtle influence which made the character of Senator HOAR. even in his early days. from the air he breathed. the fields he roamed. and the men and the institutions they had created. through two hundred years of strenuous effort. has been but slightly touched upon. To that I call attention now. Concord was among the first settlements of the Massachusetts province. Agriculture was the industry of the people. The broad meadows and uplands. by the Concord River attracted the emigrant. It was a frontier town. It was settled by Puritans.
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