A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . The venera-tion paid to such men as Adams and Jef-ferson is an acknowledgment of theworth of the political principles whichthey labored to establish. And whenthe kingdoms of the Old World are tot-tering to their foundations, what can bemore proper or grateful than the sightof a whole people uniting to testify theirlove for the government under which theylive 1 In other countries, one half of thenation is employed in preventitjg the oth-er from pulling the political machine topieces. Here, all are united to up-hold IT. Of the present di
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . The venera-tion paid to such men as Adams and Jef-ferson is an acknowledgment of theworth of the political principles whichthey labored to establish. And whenthe kingdoms of the Old World are tot-tering to their foundations, what can bemore proper or grateful than the sightof a whole people uniting to testify theirlove for the government under which theylive 1 In other countries, one half of thenation is employed in preventitjg the oth-er from pulling the political machine topieces. Here, all are united to up-hold IT. Of the present distinguished, patriotic,and benevolent citizens of Boston, a longlist might be here given, and then not allbe mentioned. It has been remarked,and with great truthfulness, that the lib-erality of her rich men is proverbial fromMaine to Missouri, and has secured forthat city a name which, we trust, futuregenerations will not only respect, but en-deavor to add to its lustre, by imitatingsuch men as the Lawrences, DavidSears, the Appletons, Thomas H. Per- I I. 82 DESCRIPTION OP THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. KINS, and a host of others, whose coffersare not closed, but who are constantlycontributing, by their princely individu-al donations often and twenty thousanddollars, to undertakings of philanthropyand charity—encouraging talent, promo-ting industry, and fostering the fine arts ;thus setting a most noble example to thewealthy of other cities which we couldwish more generally imitated. Sincethe year 1800, more than two millionsOF DOLLARS have been given in munifi-cent gifts by the* citizens of Boston tothe cause of education alone. The first settlers of New England wereexceedingly tenacious of their civil andreligious rights, and they well knew thatKNOWLEDGE was an all-powerful engineto preserve those rights, and transmitthem to their posterity. They thereforevery early laid the foundation of thoseFREE SCHOOLS of which all the sons anddaughters of New England are so justlyproud. E
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