Excerpt from An Oration Pronounced July 4, 1814, at the Request of the Selectmen of the Town of Boston, in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independance The American Revolution was an event which not only affected the contending parties, but involved in its consequences the destiny Of the world, The feelings, manners and principles which led to it were derived in legitimate succession from brave, pi ous and enlightened ancestors. As family resemn blance is peculiar to different nations in the lines Of the countenance, so it is accurately marked in the features Of character. The original character of a tnation, unbiassed by the pressure of tyranny, and unalloyed by foreign mixture, will be visible from its birth through maturity to its decline. 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.