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Excerpt from The World's Orators, Vol. 8: Comprising the Great Orations of the World's History, With Introductory Essays, Biographical Sketches and Critical Notes; Orators of America
His volume, the eighth in the World's Orators Series, is devoted to American secular ora tory of the eighteenth century. The attempt has been made to present those examples which best illustrate the formative period of national elo quence. By this method of selection can be per ceived the true value of the great orations of those men to Whom the nation owes its existence, and the volume is thereby rendered of greater service to both the student and the general reader. 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.