. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... barque compared with the ships that nownavigate the sea; but a band of braver andmore resolute souls never trusted themselvesto the mercies of the stormy Atlantic. The leading man in the little band ofjPilgrims was the ruling elder, William Brew-ster, who was to be their preacher until thearrival of a regularly chosen ppstor. Hewas a man of fine education, refined andscholarly tastes, and of pure and lofty Chris-tian character. He laid his hand, saysElhott,t
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... barque compared with the ships that nownavigate the sea; but a band of braver andmore resolute souls never trusted themselvesto the mercies of the stormy Atlantic. The leading man in the little band ofjPilgrims was the ruling elder, William Brew-ster, who was to be their preacher until thearrival of a regularly chosen ppstor. Hewas a man of fine education, refined andscholarly tastes, and of pure and lofty Chris-tian character. He laid his hand, saysElhott,to the daily tasks of life, as well asspent his soul in trying to benefit hjs fellows —so bringing himself as near as possible tothe early Christian practices ; he was worthyof being the first minister of New was well advanced in life, and wa?looked up to with affectionate regard by hisassociates. Another was John Carver, also a man ofyears and ripe experience, who had sacrificedhis fortune to the cause, and whose dignifiedand benevolent character won him the honorof being chosen the first chief magistrate ofthe GOVERNOR BREWSTER S CHAIR. Prominent among the leaders was WilliamBradford. He was only thirty-two, but wasa man of earnest and resolute character, firmand true, a man of nerve and public had begun life as a farmers boy in Eng-land, and in Holland had supported himselfby practising tlie art of dyeing; but, in spiteof his constant labors, he had educated him-self and had managed to accumulate books ojhis own. He systematically devoted a large [30 SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA. part of his time to study, and thus carefully-trained his great natural abilities. Edward Winslow, a man of sweet andamiable disposition, was twenty-six years was a gentleman by birth, and had beenwell educated, and had acquired consider-able information and experience by travel. Miles Standish had attained the manlyage of thirty-six, and was a veteran had s
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