Annual Discourse Delivered Before the Historical Society of the State of Pennsylvania
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Excerpt from Annual Discourse Delivered Before the Historical Society of the State of Pennsylvania: The Twenty-Ninth Day of November, 1832 It does not exhibit the slow and sickly growth which is too often the fate of colonial dependencies. Planted by good faith, and watered by unbroken peace, the scion struck far and deep into the soil; and while yet in the period that usually defines the infancy of a nation, reared its lofty trunk and vigorous branches to the admiration of mankind. In reflecting on the causes of a prosperity so unexampled, I have been led to attribute a prominent influence to the peculiar character and principles of the men who founded and long governed Pennsylvania. I need hardly remind this audience that the little band of pioneers who surrounded William Penn, were principally followers of the religious standard which he then bore. For many years the population of the colony was chiefly composed of members of the same religious denomination. Philadelphia was emphatically a Quaker city - Pennsylvania a Quaker province: and when their numbers and their importance receded before the flood of immigration, the memory of their services, and the influence of their virtues, enabled them still to sway the councils of the growing nation. They gave a tone to our manners: they gave a temper to our laws. The leading actors on the arena of public life, the objects of popular applause and proprietary favour, the Logans and the Lloyds, the Shippens and the Norrises, were prominent members of that society. 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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