"And there is the good old Boston,
The home of the bean and the cod,
Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots,
And the Cabots talk only to God."
-toast by J. C. Bossidy at Harvard 1910
For those familiar with the history of the northeast this ditty will ring funny and true. At a time the whole nation would chuckle reading these words. Now, they are meaningful to students of history.
What does this tell us about the importance of today's worries?
The home of the bean and the cod,
Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots,
And the Cabots talk only to God."
-toast by J. C. Bossidy at Harvard 1910
For those familiar with the history of the northeast this ditty will ring funny and true. At a time the whole nation would chuckle reading these words. Now, they are meaningful to students of history.
What does this tell us about the importance of today's worries?
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