The Formation of an American Literature

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Excerpt from The Formation of an American Literature: An Address Delivered Before the Alumni Association of La Fayette College, September 20, 1843 To the Alumni of La Fayette, we present our salutations of friendship and peace. Another anniversary has convened us, to renew our affections, to welcome another class to our number, and to talk of by-gone days. What greetings! What inquiries! What congratulations! What recollections! What colloquies! What joys we have! The Franklins, my brothers - the Washingtons, our honorable compeers, - once, we wore our respective badges, in generous and worthy pride, nor are they forgotten, but now we possess the more ennobling badge, conferred by our Alma Mater. "Sons all of a noble parentage, " said our respected Ex-President, who never speaks vain flattery, and why then, on this our birth day, may we not rejoice and be glad? The occasion demands it. Whose bosom does not dwell with ineffable emotions, when, after years of absence, he revisits the scenes of his childhood, and recognises the house where his infancy was cradled - the trees which he planted, the fields where he roamed, and the friends whom he loved? So it would indeed be passing strange, if four years residence at College, than which no period of life is more eventful, should not find objects and associations, the recognition of which always awakens the liveliest feelings. The infancy of the literary life of some of us, was cradled on the bank of the mirrored Lehigh, before yon noble pile was reared, to crown the beauties of this borough. 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.