Butler's Book, Benjamin F. Butler, 1892, p. 984
"Since that time [1884] I have taken no part in politics, save that in the campaign of 1888 I made a single speech in Boston in behalf of the tariff, and I repeated that speech at Detroit, at the request of President Harrison."
[nolu chan 734] Butler's Book, Benjamin F. Butler, 1892, p. 984
"Since that time [1884] I have taken no part in politics, save that in the campaign of 1888 I made a single speech in Boston in behalf of the tariff, and I repeated that speech at Detroit, at the request of President Harrison."
LOL, the truth is never his friend, is it? If Wlat deemed that Bennet is "not a reputable historian" based on that, then he must surely think that Henry Jaffa is a complete imbecile and ignorant beyond measure, and that "a new birth of freedom" is no more than mis-manufactured toilet paper. After all:
on pages 14 and 15 Jaffa claims that Shakespeare's King John is set in the 13th century, amidst the age "of papal supremacy within the Holy Roman Empire, of which Great Britain was a part". This was no doubt a great surprise to the rest of the historians. They seem to have forgotten all about Britain being in the Holy Roman Empire, lol.
and on page 19 he claims that Henry the VIII sought a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, when in fact he sought an annulment.
and yet also, on page 84 he claims that Napoleon was defeated by the Holy Alliance, which wasn't even formed until after his final ouster.
This certainly shows that Jaffa is NOT a reputable "historian", especially by wlat's high standards. I'm sure that he would agree, and admit he was WRONG about Bennett...
That blows that theory out of the water, doesn't it? Of course, Butler isn't a valid source for what Butler said, right? </sarcasm>