"The compact signed in the cabin of the "Mayflower" tells the story of their coming hither. A band of exiles, three thousand miles of ocean separating them from the land of their nativity, and the unknown and unexplored wilds of New England to be from thence and forevermore their home, they declare the purpose of their coming "to plant a colony for the glory of God, the advancement of the Christian faith, and the honor of their king." No sordid purpose is here disclosed. In these words and lofty sentiments we read their future history."
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Waldo Hutchins, "New England", in The Independent, vol. 37, no. 1910 (July 9, 1885), p. 6, col. 4
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