"The founders of a new colony, whatever utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison." ((Chapter 1/PAGE 45))
The colonists that first came to America were happy that they found such prosperous new land. This 'virgin soil' had no set guidelines on what to do with it, it was up for grabs, fair game, the place was, in fact, a utopia in the eyes of the colonizing people. However, this excerpt states that no matter how peaceful or remarkable the newcomers found this land to be, the true nature of life had to be recognized. Death, violence, and sin were ever-present, and each of these had been catered to by laying land aside for a cemetery for the dead and a prison for those who had sinned.
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