Author : Edmund Clarence Stedman
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483271265
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (712 download)
Book Synopsis A Library of American Literature, Vol. 6 of 10 by : Edmund Clarence Stedman
Download or read book A Library of American Literature, Vol. 6 of 10 written by Edmund Clarence Stedman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Library of American Literature, Vol. 6 of 10: From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time From the intelligence that had been slowly ripening-in the mind of cultivated humanity sprung the American revolution, which organized social union through the establish mentof personal freedom, and emanci pated the nations from all authority not flowing from themselves. In the old civilization of Europe, power moved from a superior to inferiors and subjects; a priesthood transmitted a common faith, from which it would tolerate no dissent; the government esteemed itself, by compact or by divine right, invested with sovereignty, dispensing protection and demanding allegiance. But a new principle, far mightier than the church and state of the middle ages, was forcing itself into activity. Successions of increasing culture had conquered for mankind the idea of the freedom of the individual; the creative, but long latent, energy that resides in the collective reason was next to be revealed. From this the state was to emerge, like the fabled Spirit of beauty and love out of the foam of the ever troubled ocean. It was the office of America to substitute for hereditary privilege the natural equality of man; for the irresponsible authority of a sovereign, a government emanating from the concord of opinion; and, as She moved forward in her high career, the multitudes of every clime gazed toward her example with hopes of nu told happiness, and all the nations of the earth learned the way to be renewed. 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.
