Patriotic Orations (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Patriotic Orations Patriotism is a lichen clinging to its own rock. It grows by the century in its original habitat. It defies alike the frost and ice Of the frigid zone and the suns and sands Of equatorial deserts. It re sists transplanting. Captive Israelites with their harps hanging upon the Willows Of Babylon were not more songless than are the French immigrants, driven out Of their faith generations ago, camping to-day in the heart of London, using English freedom, English language, and Middle Age shoes. A king transplanted from the Clyde to the Thames and followed by constant and liberal patronage has barely succeeded in giving a healthy color to this lichen carried from Scotland to England. In our own land, at the con¿uence of all the great races, where we have foreign cities only second in size to the great foreign capitals, we are under special need to cultivate this virtue Of patriotism which is the religion Of the soil. Patriotism, the religion of the soil, is the handmaid Of the religion Of the soul. It is true that a man may have patriotism and not have religion, but it is hard to see how he can have religion and not have patriotism. If one would establish a despotism, he ought first to establish a. 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.