. The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits. rpent thatmust be trod under foot. His Journal was begun at Cowes, and It was charac-teristic that he devoted his leisure on the voyage to thecomposition of a work entitled Christian he had, and he could speak eloquently of civilliberty, as he did on being acquitted of a charge of exer-cising arbitrary authority, but he banished or imprisonedall those who dared to question the sway of the re
. The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits. rpent thatmust be trod under foot. His Journal was begun at Cowes, and It was charac-teristic that he devoted his leisure on the voyage to thecomposition of a work entitled Christian he had, and he could speak eloquently of civilliberty, as he did on being acquitted of a charge of exer-cising arbitrary authority, but he banished or imprisonedall those who dared to question the sway of the religiousoligarchy whose leader he was. A study of his career showshow nicely he fitted Into the Massachusetts ideals of gov- 519 ernment; or shall we say that he adjusted the conduct ofaffairs to his attainments? Through his guidance, Massachusetts stood for a posi-tive democracy, strong and clear-cut, more influential andmore enduring than the radical and lax administration ofRhode Island, or the theocratic and class-ridden govern-ment of Connecticut. In the end his traditions came todominate all New England. Collections Massachusetts Historical Society, Third to Sixth Series. 520. JOHN WINTHROP 1587/8-1649 The American Antiquarian Society Portrait at Worcester (5^0 THE KEV? YORK JPUBLIC LIBRARY]
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