African Colonization
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Orcutt, John) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from African Colonization: An Address Delivered Before the American Colonization Society, in Washington, D. January 19, 1875 No person well-informed on the subject, will call in question either the motives or the good sense of the founders of the institution whose anniversary we celebrate to-night. The evidence is too clear to admit of a rational doubt that they acted under the impulse of a broad philanthropy and in the light of a sound philosophy, and also in accordance with a decree of Heaven. The truth of this proposition I propose to illustrate and enforce. And the first question demanding attention is, What were the views and aims of those honored men who founded this Society? Those of Rev. Robert Finley of New Jersey, the leading spirit among them, are clearly stated in a letter addressed to his friend, John P. Mumford, Esq., of the city of New York, about two years before the Society was organized. He wrote thus: "The longer I live to see the wretchedness of men, the more I admire the virtue of those who devise and with patience labor to execute plans for the relief of the wretched. 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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