Saturday, March 31, 2012
RANDOM FAMOUS ORATIONS
A.M. Slivan-on the zulu war 1879
i prize highly the advantages of civilization, and the blessings of civil + religeous liberty; but never shall a vote of mine be given to encourage UNJUST invasion + conquest on the pretext of pushing "civilization" or to carry the bible with the sword, so that rapacity may call its crimes "the diffusion of christianity."
A.M. Slivan-on the zulu war 1879
i prize highly the advantages of civilization, and the blessings of civil + religeous liberty; but never shall a vote of mine be given to encourage UNJUST invasion + conquest on the pretext of pushing "civilization" or to carry the bible with the sword, so that rapacity may call its crimes "the diffusion of christianity."
