. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . e purchased atthe price of chains and slav-ery ? he uttered in the atti-tude of one condemned toslavery, bowed under theweight of fetters. With that he paused, and raising hand and eyesto heaven, prayed, Forbid it, Almighty God! Dropping his hand, heturned toward the Tories and Loyalists, who sat spell-bound and terrifiedat his audacious speech, and with form bent low he said hopelessly, I knownot what course others may take, and then, straightening himself as if strain-ing against his fetters
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . e purchased atthe price of chains and slav-ery ? he uttered in the atti-tude of one condemned toslavery, bowed under theweight of fetters. With that he paused, and raising hand and eyesto heaven, prayed, Forbid it, Almighty God! Dropping his hand, heturned toward the Tories and Loyalists, who sat spell-bound and terrifiedat his audacious speech, and with form bent low he said hopelessly, I knownot what course others may take, and then, straightening himself as if strain-ing against his fetters, he hissed through clenched teeth, but as for me,changing into the triumphant trumpet call, give me liberty ; thus he stood,as the manuscript says, a magnificent incarnation of Freedom, until, finally,after an impressive pause, his left hand dropped to his side powerless ; hisright hand was clenched, as if holding a dagger to his breast; then it struckthe imaginary weapon into his heart as the closing words came out, fear-lessly, victoriously, like a heroic dirge — or give me death ! There you. I HAVE HEARD BOYS IN SCHOOLTEAR IT INTO TATTERS. AT THE GATEWAY OF THE WEST IOI have the methods of a born orator, boys and girls. I m afraid if you triedit that way, however, you might overdo the thing ; for it is but a step, youknow, from the sublime to the ridiculous. But Patrick Henry was an oratorabove everything else ; and it is as the orator of resistance, of liberty, ofpatriotism that America will remember him forever and ever. Where did he live, Uncle Tom ? Here in Richmond ? Christine in-quired, still interested in the search for local color. No, not in Richmond, Uncle Tom replied. Henry lived quite a wayto the southwest of Richmond, in what is now Charlotte County, just a fewmiles south of historic Appomattox. His fine plantation was called RedHill, and to-day it is the country residence of the great orators descen-dants, to one of whom I hope to introduce you all to-day. T
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