The Duties of Defeat. An
Address Delivered Before The Two Literary Societies of the University of North
Carolina, June 7th, 1866
By Zebulon Baird Vance
Published William B. Smith & Company, Raleigh, 1866. FIRST EDITION.
25 pp. Tan paper,
printed, stitched wraps. Small piece of tape upper left corner of front cover.
Light stain on the front cover. A few of the pages have light pencil marks in
the margins. From Documenting the South, University of North Carolina: "Between
his terms as Governor, Vance spoke at the University of North Carolina
regarding the role of the Southerner in post-Civil War America. His speech was
subsequently published under the title "The Duties of Defeat. An Address
Delivered before the Two Literary Societies of the University of North
Carolina, June 7th, 1866, by Ex-Gov. Zebulon Baird Vance." Arguing for
integrity, truth, and a recognition of all that is good in the South and the
North, Vance's passionate and persuasive speech leaves little doubt concerning
the reasons for his political success and public likeability.".
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