Lafayette; The Faithful One
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Excerpt from Lafayette; The Faithful One: Lecture Mr. President: I am to speak this evening of one who early consecrated himself to Human Rights, and, throughout a long life, became their representative, knight-errant, champion, hero, missionary, apostle - who strove in this cause as no man in history has ever striven - who suffered for it as few have suffered - and whose protracted career, beginning at an age when others are yet at school, and continued to the tomb where he tardily arrived, is conspicuous for the rarest fidelity, the purest principle and the most chivalrous courage, whether civil or military. There is but one personage to whom this description is justly applicable, and you have anticipated me when I pronounce the name of Lafayette. As in Germany Jean Paul is known as "the Only One," so would I hail Lafayette as "the Faithful One." If Liberty be what philosophy, poetry and the human heart all declare, then must we treasure the example of one who served her always with a lover´s fondness and with a martyr´s constancy; nor expect perfections which do not belong to human nature. It is enough for unstinted gratitude that he stood forth her steadfast friend, like the good angel - unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified; - trampling on all the blandishments of youth, of fortune and of power, - keeping himself sternly aloof alike from King and Emperor, and always insisting upon the same comprehensive cause; with a soul as fearless and irreproachable as Bayard, from whom generals and kings received knighthood; as unbending as Cato, who alone stood out against Cæsar; and as gentle as that best loved disciple, who leaned on the bosom of the Saviour, and alone of all the disciples followed him to the Cross. 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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