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him better than an army, Morton was paralyzed
with amazement, his carbine was taken from
him, he was made prisoner, and his men scat-
tered without firing a shot. That was brave
work for Standish. 'His was the English,
pluck; and there is no tougher or truer, and
never was, and never will be.
"The patience of the saints was often tried
by his conduct, no doubt. In i623 the Rev.
Mr. Robinson wrote to the church at Plym-
outh 'to consider the disposition of their cap-
tain, who was of warm temper. He hoped
the Lord had sent him among them for good,
if they used him right; but he doubted
whether there were not wanting that tenderness
of the life of man, made after God's
image, which was meet: he thought it would
have been happy if they had converted some,
before they had killed any.' But over and
over again, Capt. Standish saved the little
colony from destruction. Conversion might
have been better, but there was no time for it
just then. And so the fiery, fearless little
captain did his work in his own hot way, and