Address in Commemoration of the Life and Services of Charles Francis Adams

Excerpt from Address in Commemoration of the Life and Services of Charles Francis Adams: Delivered in the Stone Temple at Quincy, 4 July, 1887 Of nations! Whose ways are manifest in the perfect order of the worlds and in the perfect love to thy children, we would commune with thee. We would invoke thy blessing upon this present occasion; we would ask that thy spirit enable us worthily to cherish the great memories which we are met here to revive. We believe them to be memories of events which lead to the lasting peace of nations, and memories of the deeds of men which lead to the estab. 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.