FOOTNOTES:[1]Several titles have been supplied by the editor; those given in the words of the author are enclosed in quotation marks.[2]The reader will, of course, note that this statement was made prior to the modern awakening in these Oriental countries.[3]Mr. Burke, who seems to have possessed a more thorough acquaintance with the institutions and character of the Colonists than any other British statesman, insisted much on “the form of their provincial legislative assemblies,” when tracing the consequences likely to result from the oppressive acts of parliament. “Their governments,” observed this orator, “are popular in a high degree; some are merely popular; in all, the popular representative is the most weighty; and this share of the people, in their ordinary government, never fails to inspire them with lofty sentiments, and with a strong aversion from whatever tends to deprive them of their chief importance.” (Author’s note.)[4]From “Problems of Modern Democracy.” Copyright, 1896, by Charles Scribner’s Sons. By permission of the publishers.[5]The poem is given in the abridged form in which it is printed in the volume of O’Reilly’s selected poems, published by P. J. Kenedy & Sons.[6]This poem, which is here quoted in part only, was read at the reunion of the Army of the Potomac, in Detroit, June 14, 1882, General Grant being present on the occasion.[7]Copyright, by Fleming H. Revell Co. Reprinted by permission of the publishers.[8]The author was working as a miner at Connellsville, Pennsylvania, when the strike and general riot occurred, during which he was beaten into unconsciousness and hustled off to jail.[9]And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship.—Acts xxii. 28.[10]This and the two following paragraphs are part of an address given at an Americanization meeting held in Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1917.[11]Copyright, 1917, by The Four Seas Company. By permission of the publishers.
FOOTNOTES:[1]Several titles have been supplied by the editor; those given in the words of the author are enclosed in quotation marks.[2]The reader will, of course, note that this statement was made prior to the modern awakening in these Oriental countries.[3]Mr. Burke, who seems to have possessed a more thorough acquaintance with the institutions and character of the Colonists than any other British statesman, insisted much on “the form of their provincial legislative assemblies,” when tracing the consequences likely to result from the oppressive acts of parliament. “Their governments,” observed this orator, “are popular in a high degree; some are merely popular; in all, the popular representative is the most weighty; and this share of the people, in their ordinary government, never fails to inspire them with lofty sentiments, and with a strong aversion from whatever tends to deprive them of their chief importance.” (Author’s note.)[4]From “Problems of Modern Democracy.” Copyright, 1896, by Charles Scribner’s Sons. By permission of the publishers.[5]The poem is given in the abridged form in which it is printed in the volume of O’Reilly’s selected poems, published by P. J. Kenedy & Sons.[6]This poem, which is here quoted in part only, was read at the reunion of the Army of the Potomac, in Detroit, June 14, 1882, General Grant being present on the occasion.[7]Copyright, by Fleming H. Revell Co. Reprinted by permission of the publishers.[8]The author was working as a miner at Connellsville, Pennsylvania, when the strike and general riot occurred, during which he was beaten into unconsciousness and hustled off to jail.[9]And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship.—Acts xxii. 28.[10]This and the two following paragraphs are part of an address given at an Americanization meeting held in Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1917.[11]Copyright, 1917, by The Four Seas Company. By permission of the publishers.
[1]Several titles have been supplied by the editor; those given in the words of the author are enclosed in quotation marks.
[1]Several titles have been supplied by the editor; those given in the words of the author are enclosed in quotation marks.
[2]The reader will, of course, note that this statement was made prior to the modern awakening in these Oriental countries.
[2]The reader will, of course, note that this statement was made prior to the modern awakening in these Oriental countries.
[3]Mr. Burke, who seems to have possessed a more thorough acquaintance with the institutions and character of the Colonists than any other British statesman, insisted much on “the form of their provincial legislative assemblies,” when tracing the consequences likely to result from the oppressive acts of parliament. “Their governments,” observed this orator, “are popular in a high degree; some are merely popular; in all, the popular representative is the most weighty; and this share of the people, in their ordinary government, never fails to inspire them with lofty sentiments, and with a strong aversion from whatever tends to deprive them of their chief importance.” (Author’s note.)
[3]Mr. Burke, who seems to have possessed a more thorough acquaintance with the institutions and character of the Colonists than any other British statesman, insisted much on “the form of their provincial legislative assemblies,” when tracing the consequences likely to result from the oppressive acts of parliament. “Their governments,” observed this orator, “are popular in a high degree; some are merely popular; in all, the popular representative is the most weighty; and this share of the people, in their ordinary government, never fails to inspire them with lofty sentiments, and with a strong aversion from whatever tends to deprive them of their chief importance.” (Author’s note.)
[4]From “Problems of Modern Democracy.” Copyright, 1896, by Charles Scribner’s Sons. By permission of the publishers.
[4]From “Problems of Modern Democracy.” Copyright, 1896, by Charles Scribner’s Sons. By permission of the publishers.
[5]The poem is given in the abridged form in which it is printed in the volume of O’Reilly’s selected poems, published by P. J. Kenedy & Sons.
[5]The poem is given in the abridged form in which it is printed in the volume of O’Reilly’s selected poems, published by P. J. Kenedy & Sons.
[6]This poem, which is here quoted in part only, was read at the reunion of the Army of the Potomac, in Detroit, June 14, 1882, General Grant being present on the occasion.
[6]This poem, which is here quoted in part only, was read at the reunion of the Army of the Potomac, in Detroit, June 14, 1882, General Grant being present on the occasion.
[7]Copyright, by Fleming H. Revell Co. Reprinted by permission of the publishers.
[7]Copyright, by Fleming H. Revell Co. Reprinted by permission of the publishers.
[8]The author was working as a miner at Connellsville, Pennsylvania, when the strike and general riot occurred, during which he was beaten into unconsciousness and hustled off to jail.
[8]The author was working as a miner at Connellsville, Pennsylvania, when the strike and general riot occurred, during which he was beaten into unconsciousness and hustled off to jail.
[9]And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship.—Acts xxii. 28.
[9]And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship.—Acts xxii. 28.
[10]This and the two following paragraphs are part of an address given at an Americanization meeting held in Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1917.
[10]This and the two following paragraphs are part of an address given at an Americanization meeting held in Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1917.
[11]Copyright, 1917, by The Four Seas Company. By permission of the publishers.
[11]Copyright, 1917, by The Four Seas Company. By permission of the publishers.