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Excerpt from Speeches and Papers Relating to the Rebellion and the Overthrow of Slavery Public justice, in a large sense, is often slow, but always sure; and, on the hundred and sixteenth anniversary day of the birth of Jefferson, we en courage our faith in humanity by the reflection, that his principles, and the purity of his private and official life, have been relieved from the rancor and obloquy of personal strifes; and that he now stands the chosen leader of a majority of the people of the nation, who either accept his principles, or claim that he would, if living, accept theirs. The world permits some men to be immortal, and Jefferson is one of the chosen few. Some are im mortal ou account of their goodness or wisdom; some on account of their love of freedom, or servi ces in its support; and some because the record of the' world's life would be incomplete without their names and doings. In addition to these high qual ities, Jefferson is immortal because be attached himself ardently and faithfully to principles in which all men of all ages must be interested. There can be no history of America, without a history of its great Revolution; there can be no his tory of that Revolution without the Declaration of Independence; and there can be no history of the Declaration of Independence without the name, the services, and the character, of Jefferson. 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.