The school physiology journal . ve was solely religious. Butin their case the principle of religious libertyfor all was subordinate to their own personalviews. They were not identical in characteror belief with the Pilgrims. The latter had cutloose entirely from the Church of England;the former were Nonconformists, remainingwithin the established church, in spite of perse-cution and their own strong opposition to whatthey considered corrupt and unauthorizedtradition and practices. This colony was re-lentless in uprootingevery form of heresyfrom its midst. Itsmembers did not denythe right to pe
The school physiology journal . ve was solely religious. Butin their case the principle of religious libertyfor all was subordinate to their own personalviews. They were not identical in characteror belief with the Pilgrims. The latter had cutloose entirely from the Church of England;the former were Nonconformists, remainingwithin the established church, in spite of perse-cution and their own strong opposition to whatthey considered corrupt and unauthorizedtradition and practices. This colony was re-lentless in uprootingevery form of heresyfrom its midst. Itsmembers did not denythe right to persecute,but only the right of theChurch of England topersecute them. Thusin their hostile attitudetoward the witches ofSalem and the Quakers,they were perfectly con-sistent with what theybelieved. It is interesting tonote that almost with-out exception thosewho were expelled bythis colony on accountof their religious be-liefs repaired to RhodeIsland. Thomas Went-worth Higginson, in hischarming essay on ThePuritan Minister says:. ^^S^tS^^f The Puritans keptRhode Island for whathousekeepers call an odd drawer, into which to crowd all eccentricities If any man happened to lose his religious opinion he couldfind it again in Rhode Island. The sternness of their theology was matchedby the rugged simplicity of their lives. Manyapt illustrations might be given of the stuff ofwhich these settlers were made. Their moraltone was reinforced by a physique as outside the town of Arlington, Mass., is aplain granite slab bearing the following inscrip-tion : Near this spot Samuel Whittemore, theneighty years of age, killed three British soldiers,April 19, 1775. He was shot, bayoneted,beaten, and left for dead. He recovered, andlived to be ninety-eight years old. Gathering the first Mayflowers No less sturdy was their scorn of pretenseand vain display. In their eyes it was a crimeto appear to be what one was not. It wasdecreed that no person whose visible estatesdid not exceed the
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