A history of the American nation . ion. corporation was given a vast estate stretchingwestward to the south sea. In 1612 a second charter was is-sued not materially altering the one of three years before, butmore completely giving to the corporation the power of choos- iHe was perhaps the last professional knight errant that the worldsaw—a free lance who could not hear of a fight going on anywhere in theworld without hastening to take a hand in it. See Tyler, History of Amer-ican Literature, vol. i, p. 18. Tylers description of Smith and his writingsis full of charm and interest. The portrait
A history of the American nation . ion. corporation was given a vast estate stretchingwestward to the south sea. In 1612 a second charter was is-sued not materially altering the one of three years before, butmore completely giving to the corporation the power of choos- iHe was perhaps the last professional knight errant that the worldsaw—a free lance who could not hear of a fight going on anywhere in theworld without hastening to take a hand in it. See Tyler, History of Amer-ican Literature, vol. i, p. 18. Tylers description of Smith and his writingsis full of charm and interest. The portrait on the opposite page is fromSmiths The Generall Historie of Virginia, and is a part of the Map of NewEngland. For a part of this map, see the chapter on New England. Youmust obey this now for a law, said Smith in the darkest days, that hewho will not work shall not eat — a wholesome motto, but he later com-plained that there was now no thought, no discourse, no hope, and nowork, but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load C^hefc arc thcLincS ihatjhw thyTace;hut thofc rrhatjhew thy GrOCC and ^lofy, hrl^hUr he : rrhj- Tairc-Difcouertes and -Fowlc Overthrowes Of SdvaqCS^mach CivitUzd fy ;atid -to it Glory oyynX. artBrafc without, tut ^otdc Within., 30 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NATION ing its own officers and managing its affairs.^ This companyof men was a large and vigorous body, including many men
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