Hand Book of the State House at Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Scattergood, David

 
9781333326364: Hand Book of the State House at Philadelphia (Classic Reprint)

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Dr. Johnson expressed similar feelings upon his visit to Iona, in the Hebrides, in these eloquent words To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavored, and foolish if it were.

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The extraordinary intelligence and virtue displayed by this assembly of patriots was recognized by sagacious and dispassionate observers throughout the world. Mirabeau spoke of it as a company of demi-gods; and William Pitt, Prime Minister of England, exclaimed, I must declare that in all my reading and observation, for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no body of men could stand before the National Congress of Philadelphia.

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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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