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The City of Philadelphia: An Address Delivered at the World's Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill., Pennsylvania Day, September 7th, 1893 (Classic Reprint)

James Montgomery Beck

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Description:Excerpt from The City of PhiladelphiaHere civil and religious liberty were, if not born, yet nourished into sturdy life. In'an age of fierce intolerance, when even in our new world, peopled though it was by persecution, the Puritan was persecuting the peaceful Quaker and driving Roger Williams into' the wilderness, and the Anglican Of Virginia was compelling attendance upon his church by cruelly drastic laws, Philadelphia be came an asylum for all humanity, where every creed was not merely tolerated, but had an indefeasible right to wor ship God in its own way and according to its own judgment. Here, too, the foundations of a free government, a true democratic Commonwealth, were laid, where, in the words Of its frame of government the laws rule and the people are; a party to the laws. Well did Penn, like Moses a law giver, and like Isaiah a prophet, say z We lay a foundation for after ages to, understand their liberty. 'f0'r' we put the power in the people. Recognizing that in the stern wedlock Of necessity universal suffrage and universal edu cation are inseparably united, Penn provided for a system Of governmental education, and within one year after the first tree was felled on the banks Of the Delaware, a public school was there erected. Here too, when austere Puritan was trafficking in human ?esh, Pastorius issued the first American protest against African slavery. Here Franklin solved the Sphinx-like enigma of the skies by drawing the lightning from the heavens and made possible the present and future achievements in electricity. TO Philadelphia, American art Owes its first academy, medicine its first col lege and hospital, education its first public library, geog raphy its first Arctic expedition, navigation its first vessel propelled by steam for freight and passengers, transportation its first experimental railway, finance its first bank, insur ance its first company, and journalism its first daily paper. Here also was commenced the noble sy...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The City of Philadelphia: An Address Delivered at the World's Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill., Pennsylvania Day, September 7th, 1893 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The City of Philadelphia: An Address Delivered at the World's Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill., Pennsylvania Day, September 7th, 1893 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The City of PhiladelphiaHere civil and religious liberty were, if not born, yet nourished into sturdy life. In'an age of fierce intolerance, when even in our new world, peopled though it was by persecution, the Puritan was persecuting the peaceful Quaker and driving Roger Williams into' the wilderness, and the Anglican Of Virginia was compelling attendance upon his church by cruelly drastic laws, Philadelphia be came an asylum for all humanity, where every creed was not merely tolerated, but had an indefeasible right to wor ship God in its own way and according to its own judgment. Here, too, the foundations of a free government, a true democratic Commonwealth, were laid, where, in the words Of its frame of government the laws rule and the people are; a party to the laws. Well did Penn, like Moses a law giver, and like Isaiah a prophet, say z We lay a foundation for after ages to, understand their liberty. 'f0'r' we put the power in the people. Recognizing that in the stern wedlock Of necessity universal suffrage and universal edu cation are inseparably united, Penn provided for a system Of governmental education, and within one year after the first tree was felled on the banks Of the Delaware, a public school was there erected. Here too, when austere Puritan was trafficking in human ?esh, Pastorius issued the first American protest against African slavery. Here Franklin solved the Sphinx-like enigma of the skies by drawing the lightning from the heavens and made possible the present and future achievements in electricity. TO Philadelphia, American art Owes its first academy, medicine its first col lege and hospital, education its first public library, geog raphy its first Arctic expedition, navigation its first vessel propelled by steam for freight and passengers, transportation its first experimental railway, finance its first bank, insur ance its first company, and journalism its first daily paper. Here also was commenced the noble sy...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The City of Philadelphia: An Address Delivered at the World's Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill., Pennsylvania Day, September 7th, 1893 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The City of Philadelphia: An Address Delivered at the World's Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill., Pennsylvania Day, September 7th, 1893 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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