Download or read book The Necklace of Liberty (Classic Reprint) written by Francis Gellatly and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Necklace of Liberty Ike the ocean after a storm has passed, when the waves are in commotion though the wind has subsided, the Ameri can people are still agitated by the blast of war which blew so fiercely over our country now nearly a quarter of a century ago. This state of affairs puzzles the politicians, and as they toss about in their little canoes upon the sea of public opinion, many of them are hoisting their sails to catch a breeze which no longer exists, and in a condition of agitated imbecility are peering about the horizon wondering which way the wind blows; some are even demented enough to think they can fill their sails with their own feeble breath, and are puff ing away like mad in ludicrous imitation of the storm that has gone by. But their actions, which make them ridiculous, have. 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.