Excerpt from The Fair Puritan: An Historical Romance of the Days of Witchcraft It may not be denied, however, that soldiers rather than scholars, adventurers rather than statesmen, were her settlers while, in addition to the vast advantage she derived from the character of her first governor, the moderate and admirable Winthrop, Massachusetts had among her founders, many of high endowments, large fortune, and the best education scholars well versed in all the learning of the times; clergy men who ranked among the most eloquent and pious in the realm men equally removed from intolerant bigotry and sectarian license - men equally averse to arbitrary power and democratic anarchy - men, in short, than whom none could be found better suited to their great office, as the forefathers of a mighty nation. Cambridge was founded almost simultaneously with the city to which it is still the brightest ornament; and it is worthy of remark that the oldest born is yet the most eminent of Ameri can colleges, and that - right consequence of noble causes Boston alone yields as of right to mental power and literary eminence, that social rank which the less elevated spirit of her rivals grants to superior wealth, or to success and enterprise in traffic. 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.