Show Leyden Land of Liberty Is Linked to Plymouth Holland never erected a Statue of Liberty at the entrance to its prin principal prin- prin principal principal cipal city notes a writer in in the Boston Globe but long before the American Americ n land of the free and a n d home of the brave became im important im- im important important on the map Holland was the European Land of Liberty Here John Robinson kept the light of religious liberty burning and in induced in- in induced induced his parish of Pilgrim Fa Fa- Fathers Fathers Fa- Fa Fathers to embark on the Mayflower in 1620 Here is the High School started by William Prince of Orange in 1575 which in a few years became the most famous university in Eu Eu- rope in his Roman history says that no locality in Europe is isso isso isso I so memorable in the history of science as its venerable halls I When the English and French were persecuted in their own lands Leyden was their refuge Leyden is the only place on earth that ever refused to be exempt from taxation When its prince in 1574 wanted to reward the inhabitants for their gallant conduct in a siege he of of- offered offered offered exemption from taxation of a I university They chose a university I |