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QuoteMemorizeAges 16–18 · The Liberal Education
We shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us.
John Winthrop, 1630
A Model of Christian Charity, 1630

Winthrop's sermon to the Massachusetts Bay colonists aboard the Arbella. The original 'city upon a hill,' quoting Matthew 5:14.

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