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The Hearts Of Men Are Their Books; Events Are Their Tutors; Great Actions Are Their Eloquence.

Ambrose Phillips . . . Who Had The Honor Of Bringing Into Fashion A Species Of Composition Which Has Been Called, After His Name, Namby Pamby.

Those Who Compare The Age In Which Their Lot Has Fallen With A Golden Age Which Exists Only In Imagination, May Talk Of Degeneracy And Decay; But No Man Who Is Correctly Informed As To The Past, Will Be Disposed To Take A Morose Or Desponding View Of The Present.

The Church Is The Handmaid Of Tyranny And The Steady Enemy Of Liberty.

I Shall Cheerfully Bear The Reproach Of Having Descended Below The Dignity Of History If I Can Succeed In Placing Before The English Of The Nineteenth Century A True Picture Of The Life Of Their Ancestors.