Excerpt from Oration Delivered on the Fourth of July, 1861: Before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston Our fathers, in acquiring at. Great loss of life and treasure, their independence from England, had no intention and no desire to escape from government. They knew, for they were wise, that the absence of all government from masses of men is an absolute impos sibility. They knew that anarchy itself is govern ment; the government Of passion, Of selfishness, of folly intensified into madness; of wickedness devel ...
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Excerpt from Oration Delivered on the Fourth of July, 1861: Before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston Our fathers, in acquiring at. Great loss of life and treasure, their independence from England, had no intention and no desire to escape from government. They knew, for they were wise, that the absence of all government from masses of men is an absolute impos sibility. They knew that anarchy itself is govern ment; the government Of passion, Of selfishness, of folly intensified into madness; of wickedness devel oped to its highest power, and given up to the fearful work Of self-punishment. They knew that govern ment was not only necessary, but inevitable. And all their efforts were bent towards establishing the best government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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