. The New England magazine . HITHfR CAMEBENJAMIN LUNDY I ™ tmiST HIM I N THE CAUSE OF THEiuVfi OEPAflTfDHfNal ^[pinbauimoreI. Tablet at Bennington Centre Stupidity in passing over such men asStark and Arnold and promoting juniorofficers of inferiormerit. It was thistreatment that at thisvery period was push-ing Arnold on thedownward road toruin. Stark, coolertempered, less egotis-tical and more patri-otic, retired in March,1777, with the simpleexplanation that hisself-respect, in viewof his honorable ser-vice, would no longerallow him to hold hiscommission. He wasliving quietly on hisfa r m wh
. The New England magazine . HITHfR CAMEBENJAMIN LUNDY I ™ tmiST HIM I N THE CAUSE OF THEiuVfi OEPAflTfDHfNal ^[pinbauimoreI. Tablet at Bennington Centre Stupidity in passing over such men asStark and Arnold and promoting juniorofficers of inferiormerit. It was thistreatment that at thisvery period was push-ing Arnold on thedownward road toruin. Stark, coolertempered, less egotis-tical and more patri-otic, retired in March,1777, with the simpleexplanation that hisself-respect, in viewof his honorable ser-vice, would no longerallow him to hold hiscommission. He wasliving quietly on hisfa r m when N e wHampshire sum-moned him to herservice. The statecouncil voted at onceto raise a brigade,and John Langdonof Portsmouth, itsgreat-hearted presi-dent, pledged all hiswealth to guaranteethe expense. Starkaccepted from NewHampshire what hecould not accept from the continentalcongress, but he accepted the commandonly upon condition that he should haveabsolute command of the brigade en-trusted to him, to hang upon the left wingand rear of the enemy, and with no re-sponsibility other than to New for this S
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