[…]for it has been a common ſaying of phyſicians in England, that a cucumber ſhould be well ſliced, and dreſſed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.

One particularly eye-catching shot is a heroic portrait of the stalwart men who built the Williamsburg next to one of its caissons, the shaftlike structures that permit construction under water.

But this is not the Kindom of God that Jesus proclaimed. Let us consider the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price. The Kindom involves both search and surprise.

They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.