The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: MiscellaniesHoughton, Mifflin, 1911 |
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Page 47
... vote of the town , like the vane on the turret overhead , free for every wind to turn , and always turned by the last and strongest breath . In these assemblies , the public weal , the call of interest , duty , religion , were heard ...
... vote of the town , like the vane on the turret overhead , free for every wind to turn , and always turned by the last and strongest breath . In these assemblies , the public weal , the call of interest , duty , religion , were heard ...
Page 50
... vote . About ten years after the planting of Con- cord , efforts began to be made to civilize the Indians , and " to win them to the knowledge of the true God . " This indeed , in so many words , is expressed in the charter of the ...
... vote . About ten years after the planting of Con- cord , efforts began to be made to civilize the Indians , and " to win them to the knowledge of the true God . " This indeed , in so many words , is expressed in the charter of the ...
Page 64
... , Mr. Holyoke and Mr. Prescott , shall be now chosen in the work of the ministry ? Voted affirmatively . " Mr. Whiting , who was chosen , was , we are told in his epitaph , " a universal lover of mankind . 64 HISTORICAL DISCOURSE.
... , Mr. Holyoke and Mr. Prescott , shall be now chosen in the work of the ministry ? Voted affirmatively . " Mr. Whiting , who was chosen , was , we are told in his epitaph , " a universal lover of mankind . 64 HISTORICAL DISCOURSE.
Page 65
... vote to petition the General Court to be eased of the law relating to providing a school- master ; happily , the Court refused ; and in 1712 , the selectmen agreed with Captain James Minott , " for his son Timothy to keep the school at ...
... vote to petition the General Court to be eased of the law relating to providing a school- master ; happily , the Court refused ; and in 1712 , the selectmen agreed with Captain James Minott , " for his son Timothy to keep the school at ...
Page 71
... voted , to raise one or more companies of minute - men , by enlistment , to be paid by the town whenever called out of town ; and to provide arms and ammunition , " that those who are unable to purchase them themselves , may have the ...
... voted , to raise one or more companies of minute - men , by enlistment , to be paid by the town whenever called out of town ; and to provide arms and ammunition , " that those who are unable to purchase them themselves , may have the ...
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