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title: Cushman Monument
author: Gerald Azenaro
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13079/cushman-monument/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Cushman Monument
_Authored by Gerald Azenaro_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13079.jpg)
## Image Caption
Monument to [Robert Cushman](https://www.worldhistory.org/Robert_Cushman/) at [Burial](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts. It reads: Fellow exile with the Pilgrims in Holland, Afterwards their chief agent in [England](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/england/), Arrived here IX November, MDCXXI, With Thomas Cushman his son: Preached IX-. December, His memorable sermon on “the Danger of self-love And the sweetness of true friendship:” Returned to England XIII December, To vindicate tho enterprise of Christian emigration; And there remained in the service of the Colony Till MDCXXV, When, having prepared to make Plymouth His permanent home. He died, lamented by the forefathers as “their ancient friend, – who was as their right hand with their friends the adventurers, and for divers years had done and agitated all their business with them to their great advantage.” “And you, my loving friends, the adventurers to this plantation, as your care has been first to settle [religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/religion/) here before either profit or popularity, so, I play you, go on. – I rejoice — that you thus honor [God](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/)with your riches, and I trust you shall be repaid again double and treble in this world, yea, and the memory of this action shall never die.” Dedication of the Sermon
## Cite This Work
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Azenaro, G. (2020, November 06). Cushman Monument. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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Azenaro, Gerald. "Cushman Monument." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 06, 2020. .
### MLA
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