Excerpt from Great Debates in American History, Vol. 2 of 14: From the Debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) To the Debates in Congress at the Close of the Taft Administration (1912-1913) That is the spirit that moves the world! There was a man in prison. He must pay his fine in order to gain his liberty. He believed the action of the court unjust. He knew that if he stayed there he would lose his life and lose the chance for vindication, and yet, as he was going forth from the prison doors, he did not go with bowed head or cringing, but flung his protest in the face Of his Oppressors and told them he submitted to robbery to protect his life in the hope that, having escaped from their hands, he might bring them to justice. I like that in the Englishman, and during my Short knowledge of public affairs I have looked across the ocean and admired the moral courage and the 'manliness of those Englishmen who have dared to stand out against overwhelming Odds and assert their Opinions before the world. 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.