An Address ~ Paperback ~ George Potts

An Address ~ Paperback ~ George Potts
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Excerpt from An Address: Anniversary Exercises of the Literary Society at Edgehill School, Princeton, N. J., March 27, 1854 When requested to participate in the interesting exercises of this occasion, I reluctantly accepted the part assigned me - that of making an address - mainly because I know that there is an extensive and savory bill of fare before you, and do not fancy being obliged to do the heavy work. But my reluctance has proved vain - and the next best thing I can do, is to promise beforehand that I will be short. I shall thus secure for my poor speech, at least the praise of brevity, which, for a modem speech, is very great praise. Thirty minutes then 'by Shrews-bury clock, ' and I will relieve your attention. Many things might we confer about on such an occasion. It furnishes a field of thought so wide, that for fear I should ramble too much, I will not only take a text but will try and stick to it. It is a good text, though taken from a heathen satirist, who cracked his whip at many bad things and some good ones, like most persons who make sarcasm their business. 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.