Excerpt from An Oration: Delivered on the Fourth of July, 1829, at the Celebration of American Independence, in the City of Boston In their adventurous courage chivalry revived again; and the armies of liberty rivalled in glory the soldiers of the cross. Their self devotion repeated the examples of apostolic zeal in a cause almost as holy, and joined in kindred veneration the martyrs of freedom and the evangelists Of faith. Their country combined and concentrated every motive of action, and enforced the obedi ence of their souls, even When she seemed to require them, like the Patriarch of Israel, to bind their own children on the altar of patriotism, and with their own hands to Offer an oblation dear er than life. 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.