Excerpt from Discourse Delivered at the Commemoration of the Landing of the Pilgrims of Maryland: Celebrated May 11, 1846, at Mt, St. Mary's, Near Emmitsburg, MD Ing the dark reality of bloodshed, tyranny, and crime and this rasli praise plants in some young and gentle breast the seed which Wil grow up into moral misconceptions, and result in shame and degra dation. The young heart thus left to select its own hero - its own model of greatness, may falsely choose, and, instead of reaping bene fit from the study of the past, may bring upon itself irreparable evil In a country like ours, it is necessary, for the welfare of the commu' titty, that proper feelings and principles With regard to true greatness should be implanted in the breast of every Citizen, in order that he may be prepared to perform that share iii the preservation and perpet uation of our institutions which may be allotted him. It is well that he should have been taught to look back upon the past, not Willi a. 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.