Abraham Lincoln
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Frost, William G.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: An Oration, Delivered on Washington´s Birthday 1891 Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: The best teaching is by example. Ideas are most potent when embodied in living men, and thus invested with personality. The surest way to foster any noble sentiment is to select some event which illustrates it, or some hero who personifies it, and to set apart for that event or that hero a commemorative day. Let the artisan lay aside his tools, the matron her household cares, the student his books, and the very children their play. Let the pressure of routine be lifted; let our souls expand, and our best feelings assert themselves, while the great lesson is impressed upon our hearts. American patriotism is reenforced by four such commemorative days. The sun of July is greeted by earth-shaking cannon and sky-piercing rockets, which assert with boisterous acclaim the independence of a new nation. The breath of May sweeps over a more quiet gathering. It brings flowers - as though kind nature were a sharer of our grief - flowers for the humble grave of the private soldier; and it reminds us of the million arms that can strike as one for the defence of a righteous cause. The dull sky of November is a fitting background for the festival of household cheer. Thanksgiving teaches us to love our homes, to revere a pious ancestry, and to worship God. And there is one other national day. The snows of February remind us of the spotless fame of him who was our first great national representative and leader. 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.
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