The Old Coast Road

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Agnes Rothery. The Old Coast Road

The Old Coast Road

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ILLUSTRATIONS

BOSTON: A FOREWORD

THE OLD COAST ROAD

From Boston to Plymouth

THE OLD COAST ROAD

CHAPTER I

DORCHESTER HEIGHTS AND THE OLD COAST ROAD

Chapter II

MILTON AND THE BLUE HILLS

CHAPTER III

SHIPBUILDING AT QUINCY

CHAPTER IV

THE ROMANCE OF WEYMOUTH

CHAPTER V

ECCLESIASTICAL HINGHAM

CHAPTER VI

COHASSET LEDGES AND MARSHES[1]

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VII

THE SCITUATE SHORE

CHAPTER VIII

MARSHFIELD, THE HOME OF DANIEL WEBSTER

CHAPTER IX

DUXBURY HOMES

CHAPTER X

KINGSTON AND ITS MANUSCRIPTS

CHAPTER XI

PLYMOUTH

FOOTNOTES:

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Agnes Rothery

From Boston to Plymouth

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A road is the symbol of the civilization which has produced it. The main passageway from the shore of the Yellow Sea to the capital of Korea, although it has been pressed for centuries immemorial by myriads of human feet, has never been more than a bridle path. On the other hand, wherever the great Roman Empire stepped, it engineered mighty thoroughfares which are a marvel to this day. A road is the thread on which the beads of history are strung; the beads of peace as well as those of war. Thrilling as is the progress of aerial navigation, with its infinite possibilities of human intercourse, yet surely, when the entire history of man is unrolled, the moment of the conception of building a wide and permanent road, instead of merely using a trail, will rank as equally dramatic. The first stone laid by the first Roman (they to whom the idea of road-building was original) will be recognized as significant as the quiver of the wings of the first airplane.

Let us follow the old road from Boston to Plymouth: follow it, not with undue exactitude, and rather too hastily, as is the modern way, but comfortably, as is also the modern way, picking up what bits of quaint lore and half-forgotten history we most easily may.

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