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Gov. Briggs, of Massachusetts. has a
faculty of touching the tender chords OF
the heart. When the Normal school was
dedicated in Westfeld, he appealed TO the
fathers and mothers of the assembly:


81 can recall" said he. as he wiped the
tear that struggled from his eye, the
case of poor boy who once sat upon the
hard plank seat of one of these schools in
one of the poorest districts of this State,
while hisfather was toiling at the anvil for
his daily bread, who, under the smiles OF
a kind Providence, has since been Eonored
bv his fellow citizens infinitely beyond his
deserts. and who, as Chief Magistrate oI
this commonwealth, is now addressing
YOU. and deems it his highest honor &c
plead for the canse of common school ed
ucation. would rather be the mar
who gave the deed of land for yondel
school house than to wear the honors 0
the proudest military conquerer. lhanl
heaven that there are no politics IN thI
enterprise to poison it to death"