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And this mass of rocks, this ruined cellar, is the only remnant left of the cot where he was born. Not a stone nor a tree was forgotten, — not one but brought back its peculiar legend to his quick- ened heart. And here was the old burial-ground, on the hill-side, where the dust of his father and kindred re- posed. With what awe had he ever looked upon that place when a boy ! How many times strolled thoughtfully among the rank grass and moss-grown slabs, whose gray old forms, now bending hither ...and thither with age, gave faint and feeble token of names long, long since passed away, — *'With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked. '* While on a visit to this spot, accompanied by his second son, Rev. Massena B. Ballou, in 1843, he lingered long and thoughtfully among the tomb-stones, and at last SPIRIT OF HIS DOCTRINE. 295 saicl : — ^' I believe I could sleep sweeter here, among the '' hills of Cheshire, by the side of my early home and " kindred, than in the grounds of Mount Auburn.
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