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A thoughtful collection of Rufus Choate’s addresses on American law, history, and national virtue invites readers to see how unity and public service shape a nation.
The book gathers speeches that survey the story of New England and the United States, linking legal tradition, historical memory, and the idea of a common national life. It argues that enduring American greatness comes from a shared spirit, not from dramatic reform alone, and it uses vivid examples from law, politics, and culture to make its case.
Through portraits of judges, statesmen, and moments in early American history, the work explores how literature and rhetoric can illuminate public life. It traces the rise of a united American identity and the role of public virtue in shaping law and governance.
- Insights into constitutional and legal history and how it informs current civic life
- Profiles of figures like Daniel Webster, including their impact on law and politics
- Connections between literature, national memory, and the formation of public virtue
- A perspective on unity, federal life, and the American project across generations
Ideal for readers interested in historical biography, legal history, and American rhetoric.
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Excerpt from Addresses and Orations of Rufus Choate The history of the united States, from the planting of the several colonies out of which they have sprung, to the end of the war of the Revolution, is now as amply written, as accessible, and as authentic as any other portion of the history of the world, and incomparably more so than an equal portion of the history of the origin and first ages of any other nation that ever existed. But there is one thing more which every lover of his country, and every lover of literature, would wish done for our early history. 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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Rufus Choate (1799-1859) was a strong proponent of protective tariffs to assist domestic industry.
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