Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . LILL. the principles upon which the Pilgrims proposed tofound their commonwealth. The first is Morality,holding the Decalogue in her left, and the scroll ofRevelation in her right hand: her look is upwardtoward the impersonation of the Spirit of Religionabove: in a niche, on one side of her throne, is aprophet, and in the other one of the second of these figures is Law: on one sideJustice; on the other Mercy. The third is Educa-tion : on one side Wisdom, ripe with years ; on theother Youth, led by Experience. The fo
Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . LILL. the principles upon which the Pilgrims proposed tofound their commonwealth. The first is Morality,holding the Decalogue in her left, and the scroll ofRevelation in her right hand: her look is upwardtoward the impersonation of the Spirit of Religionabove: in a niche, on one side of her throne, is aprophet, and in the other one of the second of these figures is Law: on one sideJustice; on the other Mercy. The third is Educa-tion : on one side Wisdom, ripe with years ; on theother Youth, led by Experience. The fourth figureis Freedom : on one side Peace rests under its pro-tection : on the other Tyranny is overthrown by itspowers. Upon the faces of these projecting pedes-tals are alto-reliefs, representing scenes from thehistory of the Pilgrims, — the Departure from DelftHaven: the Signing of the Social Compact; theLanding at Plymouth : and the first Treaty with theIndians. On each of the four faces of the mainpedestal is a large panel for records. That infront contains
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