"The pillory and stocks, the gibbet, and even the whipping-post, have seen many a noble victim, many a martyr. But I cannot think any save the most ignoble criminals ever sat in a ducking-stool."

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About Alice Morse Earle

Alice Morse Earle was an American historian and writer known for works on daily life in colonial America. Her books helped popularize social history topics for general audiences. She died in 1911.

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