Excerpt from An Oration Delivered Before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston: July 5, 1858 It is the peculiar pride and honorable distinction Of the City Of Boston, however, to have Observed for seventy-six years with appropriate and becoming ceremonies, each recurring anniversary Of the birth Of liberty upon this continent. 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.