What royal house, what empire or monarchy, can show a catalogue like that of the men whom in every generation she has called to high places--Bradford, and Winthrop, and Sir Henry Vane, Leverett, and Sam Adams and John Adams and his illustrious son, and Cabot and Dexter, Webster and Everett and Sumner and Andrew.
Hoar lists notable figures in Massachusetts history to highlight its rich political legacy.
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We speak of a light that makes darkness visible; and similarly there are sounds that deepen the long intervals of silence with which they alternate.
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It is not too much to say that most of the main roads in England are Roman; but the very continuity of their use has caused this to be overlooked.
We bring you a more costly and precious gift than any jewel or diadem, though it came from an Emperor's treasury.
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