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Title: Beacon Lights of History, Volume XI
Author: John Lord
Release Date: January 8, 2004 [eBook #10644]
Language: English
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LORD'S LECTURES
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME XI
AMERICAN FOUNDERS.
BY JOHN LORD, LL.D.,
AUTHOR OF "THE OLD ROMAN WORLD," "MODERN EUROPE," ETC., ETC.
PUBLISHERS' PREFACE.
Dr. Lord's volume on "American Statesmen" was written some years after the issue of his volume on "Warriors and Statesmen," which was Volume IV of his original series of five volumes. The wide popular acceptance of the five volumes encouraged him to extend the series by including, and rewriting for the purpose, others of his great range of lectures. The volume called "Warriors and Statesmen" (now otherwise distributed) included a number of lectures which in this new edition have been arranged in more natural grouping. Among them were the lectures on Hamilton and Webster. It has been deemed wise to bring these into closer relation with their