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Excerpt from An Address on the Characters of Lafayette and Washington: Pronounced Before the Washington Society of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa;, On July 4, 1840
I Offer it to you, therefore, as a performance which I hope may be excused, because the beauty and brightness of the subjects make all new tropes or figures usual to the mind In their discussion, and defy originality. The only pride I feel in it is, that it has acquainted me with yourselves, and your associates With the magnificent scenery which the neighbourhood of your University commands; With the warm and pleasant hospitality of Easton at large, and With so many of its in telligent, cultivated inhabitants. 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.
