Oration Delivered at the Invitation of the City of Chicago and of the World's Fair Commission: On the 4th Day of July, 1893, in Jackson Park, Chicago (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Oration Delivered at the Invitation of the City of Chicago and of the World's Fair Commission: On the 4th Day of July, 1893, in Jackson Park, Chicago The time, the place, the occasion, and the land scape are unique. This is the Columbian year; this is the anniversary of an immortal declaration of human rights; this is the city of Chicago; this is the World's Fair. The Old Liberty Bell is here; the New Liberty Bell is here; the American people are here; the nations of the earth are here. In ten thousand years ...
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Excerpt from Oration Delivered at the Invitation of the City of Chicago and of the World's Fair Commission: On the 4th Day of July, 1893, in Jackson Park, Chicago The time, the place, the occasion, and the land scape are unique. This is the Columbian year; this is the anniversary of an immortal declaration of human rights; this is the city of Chicago; this is the World's Fair. The Old Liberty Bell is here; the New Liberty Bell is here; the American people are here; the nations of the earth are here. In ten thousand years of recorded history when was there ever such a conjunction of events? In all the un numbered years to come, what probability is there that it will ever be repeated? National grandeur and State pride are in conjunction with international friendship. What political horoscope can equal this? The unclouded heavens, the boundless prairie, the teeming metropolis, the unvexed bosom of a vast inland sea, yon Viking ship and caravels, and yonder palaces of art, resting tranquilly on their shadows in the wave - all are in harmony with the occasion. 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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