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Excerpt from Oration Delivered Before the City Council and Citizens of Boston on the One Hundred and Thirteenth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1889 A long line of eloquent citizens has performed this task of recognition, and there seems to be no sentiment of enthusiasm left unexpressed, nor incident of interest unmentioned. On a like service to this, a former speaker observed of the mission of contemporary nations: France says, 'i polish the world; Germany says, 'i educate the world; Eng land says, 'i circumnavigate the world;' America says, 'i liberate the world.' These achievements fall far short of the sublime purpose of the Momen tous Declaration. That glorious message to the world expressed, for the first time, a measureless future for man organized by consent under laws and constitutions. As the third and last of the primal and inseparable rights of men, it declared pursuit of happiness to be the end of the institution of government. This complete and original statement of final governmental concern gives to this day its significance and abiding force. We are Americans in fact as well as by title, just so far as we have faith in the self-evident truths. 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.