Excerpt from Famous American Statesmen and Orators, Past and Present, Vol. 4 of 6: With Biographical Sketches and Their Famous Orations I appear before you this day to take the solemn oath that I will faithfully execute the Office of Presi dent Oi the United States and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution Of the United States. 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.