54 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



portion here, and may not be there. The soil of Xew England 

 hides no fatal poison in its bosom: here "the sun sliall not 

 smite thee by day, nor the moon by night." All the blessings 

 of civil society are enjoyed here in as large a measure, to say 

 the least, as any where on earth. Go where you will, you will 

 be in danger of losing more than you fmd. Here are schools, 

 and books, and cultivated men and women: here are the meet- 

 ing-house, the lyceum, the town meeting, the cattle show : 

 here are good laws and good roads, the spirit of order and the 

 spirit of })rogress : here is a noble past and an inspiriting 

 future. Here fix your home : here plant your affections: here 

 let life's sun and shade ripen you. 



