Jamestown tributes and toasts . 66. TO GEORGIA Georgias history is unique, for she alone, among the originalthirteen colonies and the subseqiient new states added thereto,was founded with a consciously benevolent purpose, with thedeliberate intent to benefit mankind by upbuilding a Common-wealth along carefully planned lines of social, political andreligious liberty and justice. Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, was a true apostle ofphilanthropy and of equality of opportunity for all. His setpurpose was to foimd a State the gates of which should beopen to the oppressed of every land and cree
Jamestown tributes and toasts . 66. TO GEORGIA Georgias history is unique, for she alone, among the originalthirteen colonies and the subseqiient new states added thereto,was founded with a consciously benevolent purpose, with thedeliberate intent to benefit mankind by upbuilding a Common-wealth along carefully planned lines of social, political andreligious liberty and justice. Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, was a true apostle ofphilanthropy and of equality of opportunity for all. His setpurpose was to foimd a State the gates of which should beopen to the oppressed of every land and creed, and closed toevery form of political, religious or industrial bondage orpersecution. His colony welcomed alike those who fled frompolitical or social tyranny, and those, whether Christian orJew. who sought liberty for consciences sake. It was a highbeginning Since then Georgia has grown at a rate even more astonish-ing than the rate of the growth of the nation as a whole:her sons have stood high in every field of activity, intel
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