Life and Liberty in America Sketches, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and...
- ISBN-10
- 0260405884
- ISBN-13
- 9780260405883
- Category
- Travel
- Pages
- 358
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-11-06
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Author
- Charles Mackay
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Excerpt from Life and Liberty in America Sketches, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada, in 1857-8 First time, and include not only the chapters on the great social and political questions, which more than any mere records of travel are of interest to the lovers of human liberty and progress but nearly the whole of the Canadian tour. It is not to be expected that in a residence of less than a twelvemonth in America, the author can have acquired a thorough acquaintance with the institutions of the country, or with the operations of social causes, which the Americans themselves do not always comprehend. He makes no pretence at being oracular, but has contented himself with describing life as he saw it, and liberty as he studied it, to the extent of his opportunities, both in the North and in the South. He went to America, neither to carp, to sneer, nor to caricature, but with an honest love of liberty, and a sincere desire to judge for himself, and to tell the truth, as to\ the results of the great experiment in self-government, which the Anglo Saxon and anglo-celtic races are making in America, under the most favourable circumstances, and with nothing, not springing from themselves, to impede or. 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.
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