2/17/2019 0 Comments Quote 40I have not yet seen the collection he published of Dr. Franklin's works, and, therefore, know not if this is among them. I have been told it is not. It contained a narrative of the negotiations between Dr. Franklin and the British Ministry, when he was endeavoring to prevent the contest of arms which followed. . . . If this is not among the papers published, we ask, what has become of it? I delivered it with my own hands, into those of Temple Franklin. It certainly established views so atrocious in the British government, that its suppression would, to them, be worth a great price. But could the grandson of Dr. Franklin be, in such degree, an accomplice in the parricide of the memory of his immortal grandfather? The suspension for more than twenty years of the general publication, bequeathed and confided to him, produced, for awhile, hard suspicions against him; and if, at last, all are not published, a part of these suspicions may remain with some. Thomas Jefferson, from his autobiography
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2/14/2019 0 Comments Quote 39It is impossible to estimate the influence of the smearing use of such words as red upon the failure of progressive ideas in America. - from Witch Hunt: The Technique and Profits of Redbaiting by George Seldes (1940)
2/2/2019 0 Comments Quote 33In line with his policy to eliminate all pro-German literature and German books and passages of all kinds that are openly, covertly, and insidiously German propaganda in their nature, Superintendent R. H. Wilson has addressed a letter to all school superintendents outlining the policy of the educational administration of the State of Oklahoma in this connection. The letter follows, is well worth reading, and, almost needless to say, will meet with the hearty approbation of a vast majority of citizens: -the article Supt. Wilson After German Propaganda printed in Durant Weekly News (June 14, 1918)
1/26/2019 0 Comments Quote 30Acts or utterances of any kind tending to hinder or impair the efficient prosecution of the war are made unlawful by the sedition bill prepared for Governor Neville and the state council of defense, which was introduced in the lower branch of the legislature Tuesday afternoon as house ro'l [sic] No. 5. - from the article Sedition Bill Carries a Punch printed in, The Lincoln Star (March 27, 1918)
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