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Word: uppon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...westward through the angry Atlantic to the Massachusetts coast in 1630, John Winthrop preached a sermon that struck the theme of what America in all its future years would seek to be. "Wee shall be," Winthrop prophesied, "as a Citty upon a Hill, the Eies of all people are uppon us; soe that if wee shall deale falsely with our god in this worke wee have undertaken and soe cause him to withdrawe his present help from us, wee shall be made a story and a byword through the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: TO HEAL A NATION | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

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