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Summary of City Upon a Hill J. F. Kennedy

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Answer: Kennedy was quoting Puritan settler John Winthrop, who became governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Winthrop used the phrase "as a city upon a hill" in 1630 as a metaphor for the New World settlement and said the "eyes of all people" would be upon it.

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Kennedy was quoting Puritan settler John Winthrop, who became governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Winthrop used the phrase "as a city upon a hill" in 1630 as a metaphor for the New World settlement and said the "eyes of all people" would be upon it.

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