. The American Revolution . and stirring beauty, had brought together suchtypes of manhood as the feathered Mohawk sachem,the helmeted Brunswick dragoon, and the blue-frocked yeoman of New England, — types of an-cient barbarism, of the militancy bequeathed fromthe Middle Ages, and of the industrial democracythat is to possess and control the future of theworld. These men had mingled in a deadly strug-gle for the strategic centre of the Atlantic coastof North America, and now the fight had endedin the complete and overwhelming defeat of theforces of George III. Four years, indeed, — fouryears o
. The American Revolution . and stirring beauty, had brought together suchtypes of manhood as the feathered Mohawk sachem,the helmeted Brunswick dragoon, and the blue-frocked yeoman of New England, — types of an-cient barbarism, of the militancy bequeathed fromthe Middle Ages, and of the industrial democracythat is to possess and control the future of theworld. These men had mingled in a deadly strug-gle for the strategic centre of the Atlantic coastof North America, and now the fight had endedin the complete and overwhelming defeat of theforces of George III. Four years, indeed, — fouryears of sore distress and hope deferred, — wereyet to pass before the fruits of this g-reat victorycould be gathered. The independence of theUnited States was not yet won; but the triumphat Saratoga set in motion a train of events fromwhich the winning of independence was destinedsurely to follow. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARYREFERENCE DEPARTMENT This book is under no circumstances to betaken from the Building !1 i i form iiu.
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