Excerpt from The Declaration of Independence, and the Effects of It: An Oration Delivered Before the Citizens of New York, at the Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary, July 4th, 1876 One hundred years ago today, in our sister City Of Philadelphia, 3. Band Of fearless men, at the peril Of their lives, and Of all they held dear, set at defiance one Of the most powerful nations Of Europe, and proclaimed to the world that the American Colonies, which they represented, were free and independent States; assuming for them, to use their own language, among the powers Of the earth, the separate and equal station to which nature and nature's God entitled them. 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.