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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
piness. The people were full of affections; and the objects of love were around them. They struck root in the soil immediately. They enjoyed religion. They were, from the first, industrious, and enterprising, and frugal; and affluence followed of course. When persecution ceased in England, there were already in New England thousands who would not change their place for any other in the world; and they were tempted in vain with invitations to the Bahama Isles, to Ireland, to Jamaica, to Trinidad. The purity of morals completes the picture of colonial felicity. As Ireland will not brook venomous beasts, so will not that land vile livers. One might dwell there from year to year, and not see a drunkard, or hear an oath, or meet a beggar. New England's First Fruits, printed 1643, p. 23, 26. The consequence was universal health—one of the chief elements of public happiness. The average duration of life in New England, compared with Europe, was doubled; and the human race was so v