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Excerpt from Education in America: Mr. Choate's Inaugural Address, August 1st, 1903
In casting about for a subject if I required a subject for this occasion - I appealed to the tried experience of the Secretary, who kindly suggested that as the principal course of the season was to be upon the Middle Ages, I should take that vast subject for my theme. But America has no place in the Middle Ages. I see by the pro gramme that the year 1485 is assigned as the terminus of that period of modified darkness, but surely there must be a mistake of seven years, for Columbus did not discover America till 1492. Then it was that there was a new creation - a new adjustment of the little world which we inhabit. Up to that time one half of the earth wasstill waste and void. It had been lost since the beginning of time.' It was buried in that darkness which was upon the face of the deep; but the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, and opened the new hemisphere to the yearning eyes of the brave Genoese - and again He said Let there be Light, and there was Light. 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.
