 Fred Arnold , in 1921 , provided a perspective of the group as they prepared to load their ship destined for the New World : " While their eyes rested upon these last scenes in the home land , the ... young people ... were perhaps thinking more of the village greens of Ilchester and Yeovil ... and their playmates from whom they were now separated ... while the older ones were more likely turning their thoughts toward the unknown sea with some doubts and misgivings <unk> , but yet with stout hearts and strong hopes facing the great adventure that lay before them in a new world . " 
