Excerpt from Dr. Stevens's Discourse Before the Georgia Historical Society, Savannah With this rare combination, then, how richly does the era of our struggle for freedom merit the appellation of an heroic age for the spectacle then presented, of thirteen colonies rising in unison against the oppressions of their common mother, and by one long, sanguinary, but success ful war, securing their independence, had never, till then, been witnessed by the world. It required heroes, to con ceive the design; heroes, to execute it; and none but heroes, after leading armies to victory, and a nation to free dom, could resign in peace the laurels of war, and retire from the scene of their glory, at the very moment of its brightest lustre. Then, tell me not of years of old, Of ancient hearts and clime, Ours is the land, the age of gold, And ours the hallowed time. 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.