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Excerpt from The Enlargement of Federal Powers, or the Relation of the States and the Nation: A Paper Read Before the Pen and Plate Club, at Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, N. C., On Thursday Evening May 9, 1907
I am not unmindful of the fact that I am about to attempt the discussion, from a viewpoint somewhat unusual, of a theme that has sharply divided, aye, violently rent, the best thought and heart and courage of the Republic from the day of Hamilton and Jefferson to the day of Roosevelt and Bryan. Yet, I enter upon the task freely, without trepidation, with no fears, save those born of a sense of inability wisely to conceive or aptly to express the advanced position I have taken. For my auditors are reasoning men, with passion and prejudice absent, with understandings enlightened, and consciences quickened, and whether we agree or disagree it matters little, for we all have our faces onward, with our eyes toward the' light. Hence, I have allowed nothing to fetter my pen, nought to stifle my convictions, hating, as I do, the coward, and hailing him as the parent of Oppression in every age and in every clime. He who is without the priceless asset of an Opinion, and that yet richer possession, the courage of its expression, is unworthy of the heritage of our institutions. 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.
