On the record
It has been one of those periods in which all experience teaches us to expect an unusual manifestation of public corruption, of public disorder, and of evils and errors of administration.
Source
gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “It has been one of those periods in which all experience teaches us to expect an unusual manifestation of public…”
Editor's note · Context
Hoar warns of the potential for public corruption and disorder during his time in office.
Share
More from George F. Hoar
This quaint old room, with its great oak beam overhead, and its kitchen grate wide enough to roast a deer--this strange blending of an hotel dining-room and a Court of Justice, has nevertheless a link with the far distant past more…
It is not too much to say that most of the main roads in England are Roman; but the very continuity of their use has caused this to be overlooked.
We bring you a more costly and precious gift than any jewel or diadem, though it came from an Emperor's treasury.
If there is anything more beautiful than a moonlight summer night in the heart of the Forest of Dean, it is its transformation into a summer morning, with the sparkle of dew on the grass, and the sunrise on the trees; with the music of…
Other voices in this conversation
