Excerpt from The Probable Destiny of Our Country, the Requisites to Fulfil That Destiny, and the Duty of Georgia in the Premises: An Address Before the Phi Delta and Ciceronian Societies of Mercer University, Delivered on the 14th of July, A. D. 1847 Who can estimate its probable effects upon the character and destiny of this country and the world? It unshackles con-a science, thought, speech, the press; and, consequently, gives birth to eloquence, form and power to argument; Opens an arena for the exercise of the noblest energies and loftiest enterprises, and enlarges the field Of literature and science. 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.