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<note>Letter II 12 Aug. 1824</note> | |||
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<note>2<hi rend="superscript">d</hi>.. Period.<lb/>N<hi rend="superscript">o</hi>.. 254.</note> | |||
<head>Provisional Government of Greece.</head> | |||
<p>The Secretary General<lb/> | |||
To J. Bentham Esq<hi rend="superscript">re</hi>.</p> | |||
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It is with great satisfaction suffering Greece has observed, that,<lb/> | |||
while she took up arms to assert the rights of her political<lb/> | |||
existence, the enemies of the public good and the friends of<lb/> | |||
their own narrow interests alone, have, with all their sophisticated<lb/> | |||
enterprizes, not been able to attach the slightest<lb/> | |||
blame to the sanctity of her cause; but, on the contrary,<lb/> | |||
their intrigues have caused the veil to be withdrawn, which<lb/> | |||
has hitherto concealed the truth from the eyes of the many. —</p> | |||
<p> | |||
She cannot however refrain from expressing her<lb/> | |||
thanks to those persons, whose feelings of humanity have<lb/> | |||
prompted them, from the beginning, to interest themselves<lb/> | |||
in her defence of those indisputable rights, which<lb/> | |||
belong to her, and have shewn in various ways, that they<lb/> | |||
wished to behold the light which was kindled & kept<lb/> | |||
alive by Thrasybulus & Epaminondas - the light of<lb/> | |||
freedom - again burning upon her sacred soil, & which the<lb/> | |||
right of the stronger had extinguished for so great a length<lb/> | |||
of time.</p> | |||
<p>Sir, your noble sentiments were long ere<lb/> | |||
this well known to our nation. But your timely<lb/> | |||
proposal of the plan of a political and constitutional</p> | |||
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Letter II 12 Aug. 1824
(Translation)
2d.. Period.
No.. 254.
Provisional Government of Greece.
The Secretary General
To J. Bentham Esqre.
It is with great satisfaction suffering Greece has observed, that,
while she took up arms to assert the rights of her political
existence, the enemies of the public good and the friends of
their own narrow interests alone, have, with all their sophisticated
enterprizes, not been able to attach the slightest
blame to the sanctity of her cause; but, on the contrary,
their intrigues have caused the veil to be withdrawn, which
has hitherto concealed the truth from the eyes of the many. —
She cannot however refrain from expressing her
thanks to those persons, whose feelings of humanity have
prompted them, from the beginning, to interest themselves
in her defence of those indisputable rights, which
belong to her, and have shewn in various ways, that they
wished to behold the light which was kindled & kept
alive by Thrasybulus & Epaminondas - the light of
freedom - again burning upon her sacred soil, & which the
right of the stronger had extinguished for so great a length
of time.
Sir, your noble sentiments were long ere
this well known to our nation. But your timely
proposal of the plan of a political and constitutional
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