Address of Hon. A. M. Waddell Before the Philanthropic and Dialectic Societies of the University of North Carolina, June, 1876 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Address of Hon. A. M. Waddell: Before the Philanthropic and Dialectic Societies of the University of North Carolina, June, 1876 To you will be entrusted, in part, the high and sacred duty of restoring North Carolina to prosperity and power by developing her vast resources, by enlarging and liberalizing her educational system, so that the whole mass of her people may freely enjoy its blessings, and by shaping her legislation so that she will -become a rich and populous State. Lord Bacon never said truer or Wiser words than when he declared, There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile, soil, busy work shops, and easy conveyance of men and things from place to place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.