New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . tage falls to the ground. Nevertheless it must not be forgotten that to ONY AND AS A STATE 119 the Hollander is due the credit for establishingthe principle of purchasing Indian title to land,that he planted wherever he went his church andhis school, that in spite of a certain intensity ofobstinate pride he respected civil authority andlent his aid to the upbuilding of a moral politics the Hollander took the side of justiceto the oppressed; in religion he fought to the endfor the sake of principle. While New Amster
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . tage falls to the ground. Nevertheless it must not be forgotten that to ONY AND AS A STATE 119 the Hollander is due the credit for establishingthe principle of purchasing Indian title to land,that he planted wherever he went his church andhis school, that in spite of a certain intensity ofobstinate pride he respected civil authority andlent his aid to the upbuilding of a moral politics the Hollander took the side of justiceto the oppressed; in religion he fought to the endfor the sake of principle. While New Amsterdamwas struggling for existence Old Amsterdam wasthe center of a life of culture and refinement,where science, art, and music, as well as thelearned professions, were joined in a communityof interests. While such progress at home foundbut faint reflection in America, the hardshipswhich the colonists encountered for the commer-cial glory of the mother country must ever be toHolland as great a compensation as their presenceto distant generations of America was a FIRST VIEW OF NKW AMSTERDAM. CHAPTER \ I The English Conquest and Occupation
Size: 2040px × 1225px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorleefranc, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1902
