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A Discourse on the Love of Our Country is a speech and pamphlet delivered by Richard Price in England in 1789, in support of the French Revolution, equating it with the Glorious Revolution a century earlier in England.
On the 101st anniversary of the Glorious Revolution, 4 November 1789, Price preached a sermon entitled A Discourse on the Love of Our Country, and ignited the pamphlet war known as the Revolution Controversy, on the political issues raised by the French Revolution. Price drew a bold parallel between the Glorious Revolution of 1688 (the one ...
4 November – Richard Price preaches a sermon in London, A Discourse on the Love of Our Country, igniting the Revolution Controversy. 19 November – Thames and Severn Canal opened throughout, giving through navigation between the Thames and Severn. [10]
Thanks to the bravery and wisdom of our forefathers, America set itself apart as a country dedicated to a new concept of citizenship. The U.S. Constitution enshrined our national duty to promote ...
In keeping with a long tradition, first-term senators wanting to gain the respect of their colleagues remain silent on the floor until a respectable amount of time has passed.. On Wednesday, Sen ...
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Responding in part to a sermon defending the French Revolution given by the Dissenting clergyman Richard Price entitled A Discourse on the Love of Our Country (1789), Burke published his Reflections on the Revolution in France in an effort to advance arguments for the current aristocratic government.
The longer, second letter, drafted after he read Richard Price's speech A Discourse on the Love of Our Country in January 1790, became Reflections on the Revolution in France. Published in November 1790, the work was an instant bestseller as thirteen thousand copies were purchased in the first five weeks and by the following September had gone ...