By the President of the United States of America:A PROCLAMATION Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on...
By the President of the United States of America:A PROCLAMATION Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on...
THE TRANSLATORS TO THE READERPreface to the King James Version 1611Thesis by EDGAR J. GOODSPEEDTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESSCHICAGO - ILLINOISNo book means so much to religion as the Bible. In all its forms it has greatly served religion, and in...
THE TRANSLATORS TO THE READERPreface to the King James Version 1611Thesis by EDGAR J. GOODSPEEDTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESSCHICAGO - ILLINOISNo book means so much to religion as the Bible. In all its forms it has greatly served religion, and in...
Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that...
Lincoln's Second Inaugural AddressMarch 4, 1865Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in...
Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that...
The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been...
THE IROQUOIS AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY Speech by Dr. Donald A. Grinde, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Interdiscipli- nary Studies, Gettysburg College, and Crawford Research Fellow, 1987-1988. Delivered at Cornell University September...