Excerpt from “Proposals for amusing posterity”
Subject(s): Military readiness, Peace movements
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A quoted passage from Charles Dickens’s “Proposals for Amusing Posterity” muses about the possibility of combative people forming a “Society for Declaiming about Peace,” where by highlighting the horrors of war they convince their own nation to arm themselves in order to prevent being attacked. Dickens says that this would be “the very best joke we could hope to have in our whole Complete Jest-Book for Posterity.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-03-02
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Excerpt from “Proposals for amusing posterity”. [March 2, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o299167. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Excerpt from “Proposals for amusing posterity”. [2 Mar. 1908]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o299167.
APA:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870., [1908, March 2]. Excerpt from “Proposals for amusing posterity”.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o299167.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
