Excerpt from A New England Miracle, or Seekers After Truth: A Tale of the Days of King Philip These meetings, which were like Open forums, gave suggestion to the folkmote, and the folkmote to the building of a free nation in the days of Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson. William Blackstone, the seeker after truth, founded Boston in an apple orchard which he himself planted. He brought there the first English roses, and he began to cultivate his retreat on Study Hill, R. I., in the same beautiful way. He tamed Indians, beasts, and birds he lived for the soul, and brought all living things of his forest home into association with his own character. He opposed the religious intolerance and superstition of the colonies, and maintained an almost ideal Christian life. John Myles, the Welsh Baptist exile, was his neighbor, and the Welshman founded the near towns in the spirit of universal liberty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.