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West side SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS STEPHEN HOPKINS, OF REVOLUTIONARY FAME, ATTESTED BY HIS SIGNATURE TO THE DECLARATION OF OUR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE. GREAT IN COUNCIL, FROM SAGACITY OF MIND; MAGNANIMOUS IN SENTIMENT, FIRM IN PURPOSE, AND GOOD, AS GREAT, FROM BENEVOLENCE OF HEART; HE STOOD IN THE FRONT RANK OF STATESMEN AND PATRIOTS. SELF-EDUCATED, YET AMONG THE MOST LEARNED OF MEN; HIS VAST TREASURY OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, HIS GREAT RETENTIVE AND REFLECTIVE POWERS, COMBINED WITH HIS SOCIAL NATURE, MADE HIM THE MOST INTERESTING OF COMPANIONS IN PRIVATE LIFE. North side HERE lies the man in fateful hour, Who boldly stemm’d tyrannic pow’r. And held his hand in that decree, Which bade America BE FREE! —Arnold’s poems |
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