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...most prominent citizens of Massachusetts and one of the best known of Harvard graduates. He was for twenty-four years an Overseer of the College and for the greater part of that time president of the Board. In character he was one of the last of the Puritans, a typical New England man. Like the Puritans, he was simple minded, devoted to his duty, and of a strong Christian faith. His wit was like a New England winter, bracing and keen, sometimes cutting; his heart like the New England June, soft and beautiful; and his whole character like...
...Union, Dr. Edward Everett Hale delivered an address on "The National Church of America." He explained that while we have here no established church, the religious thought of the whole American people unifies itself into a national church, of which the fundamental principle is the denial of the old Puritan dogma that man is by nature depraved, and a child of the devil. If Americans had believed this, they would never have allowed universal suffrage...
...SALE.- The sloop Puritan will be sold at auction May 21st at 4 p. m. at Geo. Lawley and Son's, foot of O street, South Boston. Puritan is in commission ready for the season...
...SALE.- The sloop Puritan will be sold at auction May 21st at 4 p. m. at Geo. Lawley and Son's, foot of O street, South Boston. Puritan is in commission ready for the season...
...Trowbridge St., cor. of Harvard.FOR SALE.- The sloop Puritan will be sold at auction May 21st at 4 p. m. at Geo. Lawley and Son's, foot of 0 street, South Boston. Puritan is in commission ready for the season...