Robert Edward Lee
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Daniel, John Warwick) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Robert Edward Lee: An Oration; Pronounced at the Unveiling of the Recumbent Figure; At Lexington Virginia June 28th 1883 Mr. President, my Comrades and Countrymen: There was no happier or lovelier home than that of Colonel Robert Edward Lee, in the spring of 1861, when for the first time its threshold was darkened with the omens of civil war. Crowning the green slopes of the Virginia hills that overlook the Potomac, and embowered in stately trees, stood the venerable mansion of Arlington, facing a prospect of varied and imposing beauty. Its broad porch and wide-spread wings held out open arms, as it were, to welcome the coming guest. Its simple Doric columns graced domestic comfort with a classic air. Its halls and chambers were adorned with the portraits of patriots and heroes, and with illustrations and relics of the great Revolution, and of the Father of his Country. And within and without, history and tradition seemed to breathe their legends upon a canvas as soft as a dream of peace. The noble river which in its history, as well as in its name, carries us back to the days when the red man trod its banks, sweeps in full and even flow along the forefront of the landscape, while beyond its waters stretch the splendid avenues and rise the gleaming spires of Washington; and over all the great white dome of the National Capitol looms up against the eastern sky like a glory in the air. 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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