value to the robbed, but utterly valueless to the robber. The third contrast is between something and nothing; and the fourth, between mine, and his and others. Let the student examine this passage carefully, mentally laying hold of the contrasts, and it will be found that the lines can be memorized without any difficulty and easily recalled to memory.
The French Revolution was undertaken by men and women who had been held in subjugation for centuries and who knew little of the science of government; therefore it failed. The American Revolution was launched by men whose ancestors had fought for centuries under such leaders as Hampden and Cromwell for the right of self-government, and these men had commenced to practice the science of government from the planting of the Colony of Jamestown in 1607, where the first legislative assembly in America convened,[1] and for these reasons it succeeded.
—Lawrence.
- ↑ June 30, 1619.
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