Excerpt from The Life of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. 2It is as a war of Opinion - as the beginning of that great experiment in modern times, whether men are capa ble of self-government - that it assumes its immeasurable importance.A new World is seen rising into view - a World of Hope; and as the great lights that shone upon its morning path of advancing glory appear, the grateful inquiry is Whose were those superior minds that, amid the dark ness of a chaotic confederacy, combined the elements of Social order, and formed them into a vast majestic Empire?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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