EDMUND BURKE'S SPEECH DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS PREFACE IN this edition of Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America the purpose has been to aid the student in the development of his power of argumentation. This has been fully explained in the division entitled "The Purpose of the Study of Burke's Speech on Conciliation" (p. 1). The "Study Plan" in the Introduction is given on account of many requests from teachers that such a plan be included in this edition of the great speech. The adoption of the Study Plan is not in any way a necessity; for many teachers may have a better one in the matter of details. The only value of an 99 "edition of a classic over a simple text is in the help that the editor may give to teacher and student in his Introduction and Notes; therefore it may be assumed that, after an edition has been chosen, the teacher and the student should give the Introduction and Notes a careful examination; otherwise a simple text would do as well. In the Notes the aim has been to explain the especially difficult parts of the text; to give such information as may not be readily accessible to the student; V |