The Historic Purchase of Freedom
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Alger, William Rounseville) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Historic Purchase of Freedom: An Oration Delivered Before the Fraternity, in the Music Hall, Boston, Dec, 22, 1859, the Two Hundred and Thirty-Ninth Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth On a dark and bitter day, two hundred and thirty-nine years ago, the feet of our Pilgrim Forefathers pressed the rock of Plymouth. With bleeding hearts they had bidden adieu to home, friends, country. With the frailest defences they had dared the pitiless wastes of the winter sea, lifting their brave hymns and prayers above the howl of the storm. The dangers of the voyage escaped, by miraculous providence, they were now stepping on the frozen strand. They knelt and prayed; and doubtless their devotions were as sincere as any that ever went up from purple cushions, amid the swinging of censers and the pealing of music. With heart-breaking memories of the far-away land they should not see again, they christened the bleak shore New England. With no sure resources, with only the smallest supply of food, the dead of December upon them, they gazed into an unmeasured wilderness. They had left a land of historic pride, abounding in every material comfort. They stood face to face with a prospect combining nearly everything calculated to appal. And yet, - and yet, as they looked around them on the freezing surge and the snow-loaded woods, and thought of the long conflict they must wage with the elements, with exile, famine, and the savage, it was with lofty gratitude; and they braced themselves with unfaltering resolve. One thing will explain the whole mystery. They had fled from bondage to freedom. They had left afar the persecutions of the bigots and tyrants of the old world. 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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