Excerpt from An Address Delivered Before the New York State Society of the Cincinnati: At the Celebration of the 142d Anniversary of the Birthday of Washington, by Rev. Marinus Willett, Monday, February 23, 1874 Providence to incorporate into a human govern ment the grand total of the results Of the experiences of all ages and generations of men who had preceded them, for the benefit of the whole human race. 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.