Biographical memoir [by Edward Everett] and speeches on various occasionsC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... important consequences visibly at stake , or with greater ability . The speeches made by Mr. Webster in the Senate , and on public occasions of various kinds , during the progress of these controversies , are more than sufficient to ...
... important consequences visibly at stake , or with greater ability . The speeches made by Mr. Webster in the Senate , and on public occasions of various kinds , during the progress of these controversies , are more than sufficient to ...
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... important cause . It is men- tioned by Mr. March , as a somewhat singular fact in his profes- sional life , that , with the exception of the occasions on which he has been associated with the Attorney - General of the United States for ...
... important cause . It is men- tioned by Mr. March , as a somewhat singular fact in his profes- sional life , that , with the exception of the occasions on which he has been associated with the Attorney - General of the United States for ...
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... important branches of our trade , and sufficient also to give our enemies to understand , when they injure us , that they too are vulnerable , and that we have the power of retaliation as well as of defence , seems to be the plain ...
... important branches of our trade , and sufficient also to give our enemies to understand , when they injure us , that they too are vulnerable , and that we have the power of retaliation as well as of defence , seems to be the plain ...
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... important manuscript collections , in " the great fire " at Portsmouth , in December , 1813 , had entailed upon him the loss of the entire fruits of his professional industry up to that time , and made it necessary for him to look ...
... important manuscript collections , in " the great fire " at Portsmouth , in December , 1813 , had entailed upon him the loss of the entire fruits of his professional industry up to that time , and made it necessary for him to look ...
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... important class of consti- tutional doctrines , which , either because occasion had not drawn them forth , or the jurists of a former period had failed to de- duce and apply them , had not yet grown into a system . was reserved for Mr ...
... important class of consti- tutional doctrines , which , either because occasion had not drawn them forth , or the jurists of a former period had failed to de- duce and apply them , had not yet grown into a system . was reserved for Mr ...
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Page xcvii - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Page xciv - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
Page 226 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Page 150 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Page 64 - ... these you have witnessed, but you witness them no more. All is peace. The heights of yonder metropolis, its towers and roofs, which you then saw filled with wives and children and countrymen in distress and terror, and looking with unutterable emotions for the issue of the combat, have presented you to-day with the sight of its whole happy population, come out to welcome and greet you with a universal jubilee.
Page 270 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page lxxi - Him! cut off by Providence in the hour of overwhelming anxiety and thick gloom ; falling ere he saw the star of his country rise; pouring out his generous blood like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! — how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure ! This monument may moulder away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea; but thy memory shall...
Page 134 - Are not you, sir, who sit in that chair, is not he, our venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed...
Page 131 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
Page 135 - If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously through this struggle.