Let the Cannon Blaze Away
Thompson, Joseph P. / Dykstra, David
Joseph P. Thompson (1819-1879) was asked to deliver these six lectures in five leading cities in Europe and Britain in the Centennial year of the United States as a Nation. The response was overwhelming. "Put them in print, " was the response in all five cities of Berlin, Dresden, Florence, Paris and London. He tells why he went to press in the following words:
"My purpose is to deal with my country in the candid spirit of historical criticis...