"All other Churches of Europe are brought to desolation ... This land grows weary of its Inhabitants, so as man, who is the most precious of all Creatures, is heere more vile and base than the earth they tread upon ... We are grown to the height of intemperance in all excess of Ryot ... The fountains of Learning and Religion are corrupted ... Most children, even the best wittes and fayrest hopes are perverted, corrupted and utterly overthrowne by the multitude of evil examples and the licensious government of those seminaries."John Winthrop, General Observations for the Plantation of New England.
"As the fleet set off, on Easter Monday 1630, Winthrop was in a mood of exaltation, seeing himself and his companions taking part in what seemed a Biblical episode - a new flight from Egypt into the Promised Land."
Paul Johnson, A History of the American People.
Paul Johnson, A History of the American People.
