The True and the False, an Oration
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Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The True and the False, an Oration: The Stars and Stripes, a Poem The discovery and praise of truth, and the detection and reprobation of falsehood, form no small part of the work of men´s minds in all stages of growth and all degrees of action. To know the true and to avoid being ensnared by the false is an instinctive impulse, which" nothing but a life in reverse of all virtue can deaden. Valuing upon this kindly tendency in the present hearers, let us attempt some tracings of the true and the false among things which press closely around us. In the representation of material objects and the arts of construction, truth is recognized as a main force, ruling the taste despite habit and authority. Should we daily pass a stately building, where the form, size and material challenge admiration, and often follow up with the eye a marble tower and steeple to the glittering top, never weary of the faultless and suggestive proportions, yet if one day it comes to light that somewhere up in the distance the marble ceases, and all above is joist and lath and plaster, painted to counterfeit the real, the charm of the pile has gone. It is in vain that the plasterer and the painter have cheated the eye: it is beyond the power of fascination to make us satisfied with the false, where we looked for and trusted that we had the true. Nor will the notion of cost in labor or money, which sometimes gives dignity to an indifferent result, avail where a deception is thus detected. 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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