The period at which the life of John C. Calhoun began was. perhaps. the most momentous in the history of the civilized nations of the world. The Immigration here was by those who sought an asylum from the oppressions. and wrongs of those governments of the Old World which refused or were incapable of adjusting themselves to the growing sense of the sovereignty of the individual. which sense was being fostered by the rapid spre4d of education. and this was largely the cause of the production at the time of the American Revolution and the years immediately subsequent thereto of those great characters which. in military and civil affairs. stand out as possessing such wonderful powers of mind and character. Chief among these is he whose statue we unveil today in the Hall of Fame. Born March 17. 1782. his childhood was spent among those scenes and under those influences which contributed largely to his future career.
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