. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. N our complex modern life,it is a wonder if we can stopfor a moment and look back uponthe simplicity of long ago. Sur-rounded by luxurious extrava-*;.^%/:.y/l&= gance, we cannot realize the^.y^^y^^m narrow limits of life and the con-^^^^^0^M^^) stant self-sacrificing circumstancesof our common ancestry. To-day,as we look at this great Commonwealth of ours, some menare impressed with its magnificent proportions and arecharmed with its gilded dome. Some there are who lookupon it merely as so much political machinery with immensep
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. N our complex modern life,it is a wonder if we can stopfor a moment and look back uponthe simplicity of long ago. Sur-rounded by luxurious extrava-*;.^%/:.y/l&= gance, we cannot realize the^.y^^y^^m narrow limits of life and the con-^^^^^0^M^^) stant self-sacrificing circumstancesof our common ancestry. To-day,as we look at this great Commonwealth of ours, some menare impressed with its magnificent proportions and arecharmed with its gilded dome. Some there are who lookupon it merely as so much political machinery with immensepossibilities for the advancement of personal ends. But it ismore than a political spider web—more than a social com-pact or civil alliance with repellent national prejudices. Ithas a history. It is no longer an English settlement on theDelaware—it is no longer Penns province. It is more thanthe dying cadence of strains of martial music—more thana relic of colonial days. It is a building with foundations and builders were building in
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