. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . t closed to thee,O sleeper by the Northern sea,The gates of opportunity !God fills the gaps of human need,Each crisis brings its word and men and strong we did not lack,But still, with memory turning back,In the dark hours we thought of thee,And thy lone grave beside the sea. Uncle Tom rose to his feet. Come, let us go and see that lone grave, he said. He led the way past the great barn, with its double line of just suchnoble stock as Webster loved, and on, across the farm, to where,
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . t closed to thee,O sleeper by the Northern sea,The gates of opportunity !God fills the gaps of human need,Each crisis brings its word and men and strong we did not lack,But still, with memory turning back,In the dark hours we thought of thee,And thy lone grave beside the sea. Uncle Tom rose to his feet. Come, let us go and see that lone grave, he said. He led the way past the great barn, with its double line of just suchnoble stock as Webster loved, and on, across the farm, to where, half a mileaway, upon the crest of Burial Hill, stood the old Colonial were buried the Winslows of Colonial days; there was the grave ofPeregrine White, first child of the Mayflower pilgrims ; and there, within -1 THE GRAVE OF Daniel Webster— that s all. the Webster plot, the children looked upon the modest marble slab whichmarks the statesmans grave. Simple enough, is nt it? said Roger. Just Daniel Webster—that s all. 44 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS. ON THE ROAD TO oldest meeting-house in New England (Hingham, Mass.). Seems to me so great a man as Webster ought to have more of amonument, was Jacks critical comment. I dont know, mused Bert. Somehow you get nearer to a man justas he was by such a simple thing as that; dont you think so, Uncle Tom?That name tells it all. You know who Daniel Webster was. What moredo you need ? Really, dont you know, to me it seems grander than allthose long-winded inscriptions on the Adams tablets at Ouincy. Jack was still unconvinced. If you re big enough to be remembered, you re worth saying somethingabout, he insisted. And Uncle Tom said: I like to have you see and study these me-morials of departed greatness, boys and girls. I think I m on Berts sideof the argument, however. For, after all, a mans life-work is his bestmonument. What he does for the world and his fellow-men will last
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