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Excerpt from Speeches of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-Third President of the United States: A Complete Collection of His Public Addresses From February, 1888, to February, 1892 It is not the purpose of this book to present a few selections of oratory, laboriously prepared and polished, or occasional Hashes of brilliant thought. From such efforts, prepared, perhaps, after days of study and repeated revision, one can form but an imperfect idea of their author. Such a compilation might show the highest conceptions of tho man, and evidence a wide range of thought and a surpassing grandeur of expression; but it would be but a poor mirror of the man himself in his daily life. It is due to the people that the largest opportunity be given them to observe the character of their public servants, to come into closest touch with their daily thoughts, and to know them as they are - not when prepared for special occasions, hut day after day and all the time. It is with this view that this collection of the speeches of President Harrison is offered to tho public. It is a series of instantaneous photographs that have caught him unawares. The studied pose is wanting, but the pictures are true to life. There are included the letter of acceptance, the inaugural address, the letter to the commercial congress, extracts from his last annual message to Congress, his patriotic message on the Chilian affair, and a few carefully prepared speeches, among them his notable addresses at the banquet of the Michigan Club. February 22,1888, and before the Marquette Club at Chicago, March 20, the same year; also his celebrated speech at Galveston, in April last. 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.