Reminiscences of Old Cambridge

Charles Eliot Norton

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.0 //^/ CONUHbiSbUl-LIBHAHY 478 8 -»013014 HolUnger pH B3 MiURun H)3.2193 F 74 m i% f-vA- \At C\ CAMBRIDGEOF OLDREMINISCENCES THE CAMBRIDGEINFORMAL ADDRESS TOOF ANPART THE REPORTBEING IN OF OCTOBERTHE EVENING 30, 1905.SOCIETY ONHISTORICAL ELIOT NORTON.By CHARLES came to me,this eveningto speakpleasant invitationWhen the andput doubt asidereflection, Iit, but onhesitated to acceptI my native town,piety forto express myopportunitywelcomed the born into have beenI count ita privilegeand to say how dear life,greater part of mymuch thespent hereand to haveCambridge bequeathed towho havethe ancestorsI reverenceand how deeply Fewof their labors.the fruitstheir virtues andthe blessing ofus [Oct.SOCIETYCAMBRIDGE HISTORICALTHE12 worthies than Cam-more notable succession oftowns have had a of these menlarge part of the characterand, as a result inbridge, manycontains the record ofthe story of the townand women, such connect it with theof local interest, but asevents not merely civilization duringand with the progress ofof the countryhistory hundred and fifty years.the last two " Cambridge," says thattrustworthy History ofDr. Paige, in his " Cambridge in-after its foundationnearly two hundred yearsfor and wealth." It was just aboutslowly in populationcreased very my recollections ofafter the foundation thattwo hundred years the townyears old in 1830, andbegin.

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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