Excerpt from The True Glory of a Nation: A Sermon, Delivered at the Request of the Young Men's Christian Association of Philadelphia, in Jayne's Hall, on Sunday Evening, the 4th of July, 1858, Being the Eighty-Second Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence To exalt his nation has ever been a chief object with the enlightened statesman. To this end the sciences of law and legislation have been carefully studied, and the art of government has occupied the chief care of the wisest of mankind. 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.