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This work presents the founders as champions of peace, justice, and public morality. It examines how early leaders and their allies argued for restraint in war, the rule of law, and international justice, shaping a vision for a peaceful republic. The narrative centers on Boston’s pivotal role and ties the national story to enduring questions about liberty, civic duty, and ethical leadership.
Readers will encounter a portrait of the early republic that emphasizes restraint, humane ideals, and the belief that political power should serve peace and human dignity. Through reflections on figures like Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, and Channing, the text links historical events to a broader program of justice and governance.
- Explore how leaders warned against unnecessary wars and pursued international justice.
- See how Boston and Massachusetts helped advance a peaceful, principled public culture.
- Learn how public morality, freedom, and goodwill among men frame political action.
- Discover connections between founding ideals and modern debates about war, peace, and democracy.
Ideal for readers of history and political philosophy who want a clear view of how the founders imagined a world shaped by reason, justice, and peace.
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We here in the American Athens, as we like to call our dear old town, may read these patriotic words Of the great Athenian statesman not only as a striking illustration of the present power of an appeal to a great past, but as a stirring exposition Of the kind Of life and public spirit which we would desire to inform and inspire Boston to-day as they ennobled the Athens of Pericles.
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At the impressive New Voters' Festival, held here in Faneuil Hall on Patriots' Day, there was nothing more impressive than the words of St. Paul printed at the head of the program, "I am a citizen of no mean city," emphasized as they were in their application to the young citizens of Boston gathered here for that consecration service by the names of the illustrious men in Boston's history, - Winthrop, Adams, Webster, Quincy, Sumner, Emerson, Phillips Brooks, and their great associates, - inscribed upon the walls. I know of nothing that can more powerfully inspire and command the young man as he enters his political life than the consciousness that he belongs to a renowned city and an illustrious Commonwealth, and that he takes his place in the privileged ranks of a procession conspicuous and honored in history and among men.
"I am a citizen of no mean city"; "I am a Roman!" - how proudly the words ring out from the lips of Paul of Tarsus! When he said, "I am a Roman," Paul declared himself simply a citizen of the Roman empire. How much prouder was the word upon the lips of Cicero or Cæsar, citizens of the great city itself!
"I am an Athenian!" - how much the word meant in the mouth of Pericles or of Demosthenes!
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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.
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