Thoughts for the Times (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Thoughts for the Times These sheets are what may be deemed a reconnaissance, to use a military term, of the public mind in respect to some matters connected with the present war. I come before the public as one speaking from a dumb mouth, that, according to the heretofore popular idea, has no right to speak. I never used the breath of speech to promote an election, unless I might except an unimportant boyish instance which occurred many years ago, I was never in office, was never voted for by any single man, I never offered myself as a candidate to become a candidate for the public vote, was never a candidate, was never a member of a political party, - How, then, can I properly say any thing on public affairs? In the first chapter of this pamphlet I mean to show, that the troubles of this country grow, at least in part, out of its politics, the politicians mend not, but they mar, therefore, perhaps a word from a man who is not a politician may be, though not asked for by the community, not unacceptable, at all events, not unadapted to the public needs. 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.