The causes of the American Revolution : and its consequences as regards the progress of liberty

The causes of the American Revolution : and its consequences as regards the progress of liberty

A contrast between the character and career of Washington and of Bonaparte

[S.l.] ca. 1850

2 items on [8] p. ; 32 cm.

MSS L1990.1.94 MB

2 compositions for Section 1st, Class E; the Causes of the American Revolution piece is docketed Composition III; the Contrast between Washington and Napolean, Composition II|"[N]ow it seems probably, that before many generations have passed, some historian will relate as a remarkable fact that there is a nation, somewhere ... so ignorant, and so slavish, that it permits a king to rule over it."|"Napoleon was a meteor darting rapidly across the sky, and for the moment illuminating the whole heavens with a blaze of light. Washington was the sun, rising gradually from the horizon, and scattering life and light wherever he appeared. The one departs as quickly as it comes, the other ... grows brighter and brighter, until it reaches the meridian. Here only the comparison fails. The sun sinks again behind the wetern hills, but Washington remains the same and will for ever [sic] continue to shine, with undiminished splendor."|Pages [4] and [7] are blank|On blue laid paper with mark of Owen & Hurlbut, South Lee, Mass.

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