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What indeed, let us inquire for a moment, is the origin, and what the nature not only of municipal, but of all public institutions ? They are valuable only as instruments for promoting the happiness and virtue of the community where they exist. They spring...

An Oration, Pronounced on the Fourth of July, 1822, at the Request of the ... - Page 18
by John Chipman Gray - 1822 - 17 pages
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The Hundred Boston Orators Appointed by the Municipal Authorities and Other ...

James Spear Loring - Boston (Mass.) - 1852 - 762 pages

...by the prompt obedience and liberal approbation of the inhabitants in general. What, indeed, let na inquire for a moment, is the origin, and what the...and improving that character, by their reaction." CHARLES PELHAM CURTIS. JULY 4, 1823. FOR THE CITY AUTHORITIES. IN the eloquent performance of our orator,...

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