Excerpt from Memoir of Roger Williams: The Founder of the State of Rhode-Island The citizens of the United States have sometimes been ridiculed, for an alleged propensity to please their imagi nations with romantic visions concerning the future glory of their country. They boast, it is said, not of what the nation has been, nor of what it is, but Of what it will be. The American faculty, it is affirmed, is anticipation, not memory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic ...
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Excerpt from Memoir of Roger Williams: The Founder of the State of Rhode-Island The citizens of the United States have sometimes been ridiculed, for an alleged propensity to please their imagi nations with romantic visions concerning the future glory of their country. They boast, it is said, not of what the nation has been, nor of what it is, but Of what it will be. The American faculty, it is affirmed, is anticipation, not memory. 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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