Henry Grattan and the Irish Volunteers of 1782: Last Lecture of the Late Rev. James J. Murphy, Delivered in the Mechanics' Hall, Montreal, Monday Evening, Nov; 22nd, 1875 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Henry Grattan and the Irish Volunteers of 1782: Last Lecture of the Late Rev. James J. Murphy, Delivered in the Mechanics' Hall, Montreal, Monday Evening, Nov; 22nd, 1875 Ladies and gentlemen, - The poet Pope with whose infalli bility I am glad to say I am not concerned this evening has announced that the proper study of mankind is man and the poet Browning, of whom I should like to speak to you at some other time, has recorded that on the earth there is nothing worth seeing but a human soul. The announcements ...
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Excerpt from Henry Grattan and the Irish Volunteers of 1782: Last Lecture of the Late Rev. James J. Murphy, Delivered in the Mechanics' Hall, Montreal, Monday Evening, Nov; 22nd, 1875 Ladies and gentlemen, - The poet Pope with whose infalli bility I am glad to say I am not concerned this evening has announced that the proper study of mankind is man and the poet Browning, of whom I should like to speak to you at some other time, has recorded that on the earth there is nothing worth seeing but a human soul. The announcements are substantially the same, and they are both true. A great man is the greatest of all earthly productions, and to see a great man is the greatest of all merely earthly blesssings. Our better brother he it is that can make us good. Godhood in' human shape - He it is that 'can lift us to heaven. 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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