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Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333925499
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Excerpt from The Naval and Military Magazine: March, 1827 Yes, sooner or later, the Cross shall triumph over the Crescent; and Turkey, like a bloody Spot, sjiall disappear from Europe. Then, upon the scattered ruins of Minarets and Mosques, the doctrines of Christianity shall spread throughout the land Olympia shall see renewed her national pomp and then the people, and their magistrates, will have a, great duty to fulfil. In the midst of the sacred ceremonies, and public acclamations, the names of the benefactors of Greece shall be proclaimed History, justly severe, will proclaim also other names she will de vote to the execration of ages to come, this immoral, this inhuman policy, which delivers up an entire people (and such a people) to the sword of the Mussulman. Do not these supreme -directors of the cabinets of kings fear that their contemporaries will brand them with the name of the allies of barbarism, and suspect them, in short, of rejoicing that they have it in their power to make Greece expiate the honour of having enlightened the world? The Russian Colossus might, with a word, a gesture, have long since terminated this terrible drama he would have done better in preventing it. Religion, the wishes and interest of the nation, all, in short, prescribed this to him as a duty. In speaking of Alexander, in a work published in 1819, it was said, That there remained services still more: memorable for him to render to humanity. Besides the civilization which he has spread throughout those of his provinces which were covered with the weeds of barbarism, Providence would seem to have selected him for a renown the most just, for a restoration the most brilliant - that of giving a political and civil existence to that Greece which was the cradle of liberty and, under the allspices of liberty, the land of the arts and sciences, the schobl where the Romans, perhaps, learned every thing, except to moderate. Power during peace, and to be humane during war. This noble conquest is still wanting to European civilization. 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.
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