This book features the public address President Grover Cleveland delivered before the Commercial Club of Chicago in 1903 and again on George Washington's birthday in 1907. Cleveland's speech promotes the patriotism and citizenship of ancient Romans as model ideals for a modern society. Industrialization and modernization in the early 20th century caused many social upheavals, some of which America is still contending with today. A unique glimpse into the progressive ideologies of the Gilded Age. Hardcover, 6" x 4", 40 pages.