Opis: The New England Society Orations, Vol. 1 - Brainerd Cephas

Excerpt from The New England Society Orations, Vol. 1: Addresses Sermons and Poems Delivered Before the New England Society in the City of New York, 1820-1885

There is a "natural piety" in the sentiment that moved a New Englander of the New Englanders, the senior editor of this collection, to preserve the Society addresses of his own day, and to seek with a scholar's instinct, and with loyalty to the region that bred him, for those printed in the earlier years of our time-honored league. The New England Society in the City of New York can point to no better estate, transmitted to it from the past century, than this of which the administration has devolved upon Mr. Cephas Brainerd and his daughter. To Miss Brainerd's zeal and ability these volumes owe their editorial supervision, Introduction, and biographical and other Notes preceding the respective addresses. Father and daughter alike arc to be envied for their conjunction in a labor congenial to both; and the Society well may felicitate itself upon the result which now crowns the work.

The collection is in truth one that our members need not hesitate to set forth. The record and influence of the Society's annual celebrations arc of no slight import; again and again these festivals have been among the memorable events of historic years. At present, when cyclopedias of oratory compete for favor, it is easy to overestimate the relative value of speeches on current themes, -

"To give to dust that is a little gilt
More laud than gilt o'er-dusted."

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Szczegóły: The New England Society Orations, Vol. 1 - Brainerd Cephas

Nazwa: The New England Society Orations, Vol. 1 Addresses Sermons and Poems Delivered Before the New England Society in the City of New York, 1820-1885 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Brainerd Cephas
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330412176
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 482
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: The New England Society Orations, Vol. 1 - Brainerd Cephas