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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Excerpt from Sir John Johnson, the First American-Born Baronet: An Address; Delivered Before the New York Historical Society, at Its Annual Meeting, Tuesday, January 6th, 1880 It is well for men to reflect upon two or three expressions in the Bible which demonstrate that injustice is not always to exercise omnipotent sway, and that even the "High Song" of Odin, in the "Edda," was mistaken when it sang: "One thing I know that never dies. The verdict passed upon the dead." Whoever assumed the name of the "Preacher King" to present his own opinions in the Apocryphal book, styled the "Wisdom of Solomon." uttered a multitude of truths worthy of the divinely-inspired son of David, but no grander e...
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