Lanterna Rally

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Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9781331146728

Excerpt from A Brief Sketch of the Life and Public Services of William Henry Harrison The fame of our country's Patriots and Statesmen is the dearest inheritance of every true-hearted American - its preservation, unsullied by the breath of calumny, untarnished by the venom of envy, among the most imperative as well as most grateful of his public duties. In all ages, the spirit of liberty and of glorious emulation in the cause of justice and of patriotism has been fostered and diffused by the contemplation of the lives and characters of those who have rendered themselves illustrious by their virtue, wisdom, and devotion to the welfare of their country. The poets and historians of the earlier ages were but rivals in the great work of presenting in the most inviting form to their countrymen, and embalming for the benefit of posterity, the events and the characteristics which had elevated the heroes and sages of their times so proudly above the level of the multitude; and the popular fatuity which worshipped the departed founder or preserver of a nation as a deity, was perhaps wisely countenanced by the more enlightened as a ready and effectual auxiliary in the great work of keeping alive the memory of their prowess or self-devotion, and inciting to an emulation of their valor or virtue, in the hope of rivalling their imperishable renown. It is not necessary, even were it consistent with the purpose of the following narrative, to state in this place the causes which have combined to place Gen. Harrison more conspicuously before the American people, and to call for a recapitulation of those achievements which, scarce twenty years since, acquired for him the enthusiastic approbation and gratitude of the American people. Do they yet linger in the memory of the patriot of that hour of our country's peril? Then he will need no apology for their revival. Are they so soon forgotten? It is high time, then, that some memorial of their existence were again submitted to the contemplation of an intelligent, patriotic and grateful people. 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.