Saturday, March 24, 2012
RANDOM FAMOUS ORATIONS
A.M. Sullivan 1879 on the zulu war
i pay my tribute to the gallantry + herois of those british soldiers who fell beneath their flag. they served their queen and their colors well. but while i admire them, i more admire the men, savages tho they may be who fell with their feet on their native soil DEFENDING themselves against an invader. my morality is not cribbed, cabined, + confined by geographical lines. i mete out to the savage the same measure of justice which i extend to more civilized races. altho a man be a savage, we ought not to deny him the degree of praise which is due to his patriotism, aspraise is paid to caractacus + kosciusko. this zulu king stood within his own territories. he only did what queen elizabeth did in the case of the spanish armada when it threated english soil. he called his forces around hi, as she did hers, and said: "i will make the invader bite the dust." and he did so.
A.M. Sullivan 1879 on the zulu war
i pay my tribute to the gallantry + herois of those british soldiers who fell beneath their flag. they served their queen and their colors well. but while i admire them, i more admire the men, savages tho they may be who fell with their feet on their native soil DEFENDING themselves against an invader. my morality is not cribbed, cabined, + confined by geographical lines. i mete out to the savage the same measure of justice which i extend to more civilized races. altho a man be a savage, we ought not to deny him the degree of praise which is due to his patriotism, aspraise is paid to caractacus + kosciusko. this zulu king stood within his own territories. he only did what queen elizabeth did in the case of the spanish armada when it threated english soil. he called his forces around hi, as she did hers, and said: "i will make the invader bite the dust." and he did so.
