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Title: The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902
Subjects: Historic buildings -- United States United States -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e purchased atthe price of chains and slav-ery ? he uttered in the atti-tude of one condemned toslavery, bowed under theweight of fetters. With that he paused, and raising hand and eyesto heaven, prayed, ( Forbid it, Almighty God! Dropping his hand, heturned toward the Tories and Loyalists, who sat spell-bound and terrifiedat his audacious speech, and with form bent low he said hopelessly, I knownot what course others may take, and then, straightening himself as if strain-ing against his fetters, he hissed through clenched teeth, but as for me,changing into the triumphant trumpet call, give me liberty ; thus he stood,as the manuscript says, a magnificent incarnation of Freedom, until, finally,after an impressive pause, his left hand dropped to his side powerless; hisright hand was clenched, as if holding a dagger to his breast; then it struckthe imaginary weapon into his heart as the closing words came out, fear-lessly, victoriously, like a heroic dirge — or give me death! There you
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I HAVE HEARD BOYS IX SCHOOLTEAR IT IXTO TATTERS. AT THE GATEWAY OF THE \\KSJ 101 have the methods of a born orator, boys and girls. I m afraid if you triedit that way, however, you might overdo the thing ; for it is but a step, youknow, from the sublime to the ridiculous. But Patrick Henry was an oratorabove everything else ; and it is as the orator of resistance, of liberty, ofpatriotism that America will remember him forever and ever. Where did he live, Uncle Tom ? Here in Richmond ? Christine in-quired, still interested in the search for local color. No, not in Richmond, Uncle Tom replied. Henry lived quite a wayto the southwest of Richmond, in what is now Charlotte County, just a fewmiles south of historic Appomattox. His fine plantation was called RedHill, and to-day it is the country residence of the great orators descen-dants, to one of whom I hope to introduce you all to-day. This was interesting, and, in fact, Uncle Tom did keep his promise.For, later in the day, each one of

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