. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. hose olden forests, out of those homes in thevalleys and mountain recesses emerged men imbued withthe same spirit of freedom and independence that hasmarked the men of German ancestry during the long agesthat have come and gone since Tacitus portrayed theirsturdy virtues in his imperishable pages. Centuries ofsuffering as well as centuries of success were needed tobuild and mould the German character into what we findit to-day. The crown has come after the cross. Wrongand sorrow and toil were theirs, but through them all theywere true to thei
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. hose olden forests, out of those homes in thevalleys and mountain recesses emerged men imbued withthe same spirit of freedom and independence that hasmarked the men of German ancestry during the long agesthat have come and gone since Tacitus portrayed theirsturdy virtues in his imperishable pages. Centuries ofsuffering as well as centuries of success were needed tobuild and mould the German character into what we findit to-day. The crown has come after the cross. Wrongand sorrow and toil were theirs, but through them all theywere true to their lineage, and now, when another century They Fought a Good Fight. 315 and a-half has come and gone, the proudest eulogium wecan pass upon them and their work is the one we couldwish succeeding generations may pronounce upon us :—they fought a good fight, they kept the faith. We leave their memory to the hearts that love them;Their sacrifice shall still remembered be;The very clouds shall pause in pride above themWho, though in bonds, were <luWloi$ GENERAL INDEX. ACT, regulating sale of servants,161 ; regulating discharge ofservants, 162 ; regulating the con-cealment of servants, 162 ; regu-lating fees charged by public offi-cials, 163 ; regulating importationof criminal servants, 164. Action of Massachusetts Legisla-ture, 64. Acts relative to Provincial servants,158, 159, 160. 161. Agriculturists, well educated, 135. All immigrants at first called Pala-tines, 53. Ambler, Capt. Nathaniel, 204. American Historical Association,230. American Weekly Mercury, 200,201, 202. Amsterdam, experience of immi-grants in, 176. An age of loyalty to rulers and law,294. Annapolis, 277, 2S0; immigrationthrough port of, 2Sr. Antigua, islaud of, 20S. Application for naturalization in1721, 90. Appropriation of ^1,000 for pest-house, in 1750, S7. Argyle, the ship, 203. Arms, of Sweden, 10; of HolyRoman Empire, 13 ; of thePrinters Guild, 14 ; of WilliamPenn, 17 ; of George Ross, 271. (3 I
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