Lectures, Illustrated And Embellished With Views of the World's Famous ... 7
Lectures, Illustrated And Embellished With Views of the World's Famous ... 7
Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson), 1850-1931
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We feel that here A STREET IN THE HAGUE. Digitized by LjOOQ IC HOLLAND 93 is the repose of wealth served by attentive tradesmen. At Rotterdam, they say, one makes his fortune ; at Amsterdam he increases it ; but at the Hague he spends it. One of the most impressive features of the Dutch capital is the National Monument, the sight of which recalls the founder of the nation's independence, — William, the Silent. This hero rtfE i'homenade, IS as highly revered in Hnllaiifl as Washing- ton is in th...e United States. As the principal opponent of Philip H. in the Netherlands, he was the incarnation of the national spirit in the noblest epoch of Dutch history, and dared to stand forth as the fearless leader of a persecuted people, in opposition to the mightiest monarch then on earth, whose kingdom included Spain, Belgium, Holland, a part of Italy, and a portion of North Africa, and threw its baneful shadow over the West Indies, Mexico, and Peru. Yet Philip II. with all these resources could Digitized by LjOOQIC 94 HOLLAND not crush him; and finally, in 1580, was base enough to ofifer a reward of twenty-five thousand crowns and a title of nobility to any one who would assassinate him.
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