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and events which are so clear to the mind and eye of every 

 son and daughter of Connecticut, wherever they have wan- 

 dered from the old home, and alike to the children and grand- 

 children, who have heard the tale on their mother's lap 

 memories that can never be effaced. To such is this effort 

 dedicated, that the memory of the past may be the inspiration 

 of the future, that the industry of the fathers and mothers, 



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their frugality, patience, heroism, and patriotism, supported 

 by a living faith in a controlling Providence, leading to an 

 appreciation of the benefits of education, not only as a means 

 of mental and moral growth, but; as providing for material 

 wants, and the love of liberty and power to obtain and main- 

 tain it. No wild growth has sprung from these seeds of New 

 England life, but the whole round world now enjoys a share 

 in the harvest. 



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