Lanterna Rally

Author: Horace Greeley

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-08

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781330987476

Excerpt from An Address Before the Literary Societies of Hamilton College: July 23, 1844 Horace Greeley, Esq. Sir: - The Phoenix Society of Hamilton College, through the undersigned, their Committee, tender their unanimous thanks for the able and entertaining Address you delivered before them at their last Anniversary, and request a copy of the same for publication. Gentlemen: - I transmit to the printers, at your request, the manuscript of my Address before your Societies on the eve of your last Commencement. I do this the more readily since I am sure your reiterated invitation to publish is not a matter of course - not a reluctantly proffered compliment. I stated to you, in reply to a similar invitation, the day after you listened to this Address, that I had no desire to see it printed, and that I had abundant opportunities to obtain of the public a hearing, without tasking your courtesy. I then intimated that, as some of the suggestions of my discourse were, if not novel, at any rate very different from those usually presented on such an occasion, you might very naturally hesitate to endorse them. But I was relieved by your prompt response that such publication would not in any way render you responsible for the sentiments of the Address, while you were desirous of considering more carefully and leisurely before passing judgment upon them. The public, therefore, will rightfully censure me only if it shall discover any thing heretical or offensive in the following pages. I apprehend you will not find this Address 'entertaining, ' though you so characterize it in your note. I am quite sure that entertainment was very far from my thoughts in writing it. Indeed, had I not been impelled by far different considerations, I suspect I could not have found leisure, in snatches of half hours from the incessant labors of this most exacting summer, to prepare it at all. 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.