An Oration

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from An Oration: Delivered in Middlebury, at the Celebration of the Fourth of July, A D. 1809 Gentlemen, It is indeed flattering, that you suppose any production of mine, written in a short time, and tinder the embarrassments of professional perplexity and bodily infirmity, should he worthy of the public eye. If this performance had been more perfumed with the oil of the midnight lamp, more polished by the labors of the closet, and more fraught with sentiment from the works of wiser politicians, it might have been more useful and more interesting : You will perceive it has not the advantage of either. - But, however unpropitious were the circumstances under which the Oration was written, if it contains any sentiment, for the correctness of that I ask no indulgence: - That has not been the production of embarrassed reflection, or dictated by the enthusiasm of this celebration: - It was implanted in my breast with my earliest political impressions, and has "grown with my growth and strengthened with my strength." In addition to the inducement of your request, I am much influenced by the solicitations of some friends, who, from their remote situation in the house and my own weakness of lungs, were unable to hear the whole. For these reasons - not because the Oration is worthy of so much notice - a copy is at your disposal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.