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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 6 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: April 27, 1864., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 2 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 6. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: April 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], Tyranny of Ignorance. (search)
e." It was in vain that Custine, in a defence luminous as light, and fortified by unanswerable facts, annihilated every inculpation of his accusation. His very defence proved him a man of science. "Dost thou use to write they name?" quoth Jack Cade; "or hast thou a mark to thyself, like an honest, plain dealing man?" Clerk--"Sir, I thank God I have been so well brought up that I can write my name." Cade-- "Away with him; hang him with his pen and inkhorn about his neck."In a like spirit CCade-- "Away with him; hang him with his pen and inkhorn about his neck."In a like spirit Custine was sent to the guillotine. "God is not honored by human know ledge," said a fanatic to the witty Dr. South. "Still less is he honored by human Ignorance," was the crushing rejoinder. We are reminded of these things when we hear the learned criticisms by civilians of military education, and military measures. Custine could not be brought to the block in America for "mingling science with war," but the guillotine of public opinion would quite as affectually take his head from the ar