Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-10
hear it. 1t Is almost entirely historical
in nature. and is most scholarly pro-
duction. Mr.. Fuller said:

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in nature, and is most scholarly pro-
duction. Mr.. Fuller said:
.sThis is the place. Stand still my steed,
Let me review the scene,
And summon from the shadowy Past
The forms that once have BEEN
Nature furnishes the place, but the
scene can only be reviewed when peopled
with those who have brought the place
into connection with humanity, and made
it instinct with tender and reverentaI
memories. Today the surrounding hills
rise with outlines substantially I'M
changed since the forefathers of the
hamlet far from rude, encamped upon
their slopes; the same river flows on
ward to the sea; the same lakes
receive the caressing touch of the
morning sun; the same stars sing as
they shine, the divinity of the hand that
made them: yet their chief charm lies in
"reminiscences: in the revival of the ties
that bind generation to generation, and
contain the promise OF a future that viii
survive the hills, the lakes, the river and
the stars.
And so while the celebration of the
Foundation of a town to some extent
avokes the same considerations as the
sommemoration Of great events. or of
sesses a significance from perpetuated
friendships, and ldnship, and Evolutionary
connection, all its own.
When Augustus century opened the
star of Napoleon had risen above the hor-
izon. but the consulate and the empire
were yet to come The victories of Cape
St Vincent and Camperdown were won
that year and the names of Jervis and
,,ollinewood and Nelson began to be
known as household words And IL was
hen that the United States our first ma
raj vessel constructed since the adoption
Of the constitution was launched a pre-
,ursor of those splendid ships that are
re-establishlng that claim TO march upon
var of fS12
washington had lust retired from the
presidency. leaving to his countrymen an
nndyinp examnle of devotion to the pub
ic vel and an immortal legacy i'm the
fareweIl address. which delineated the
rain az afetv i'm thc nations progress.
If was during this year too that Burke
lied. having lived to see the French Rev
1l,,tion devonr its own children. but fear
nc. tbat nc oythurst az ne sniyit Of
ibertv in that great conyulsion might
rad 10 The abstraction of free govern
nont for want of those restraints es-
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,ronertv and social order and which. In
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NJ acbie,,s,,ent of our ovru fndenen-
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