The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1854 - 221 pages |
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... possessed . There was no tremulousness in his voice nor manner ; nothing huried , nothing simulated . The calm- ness of ... possess him wholly . If an observer , more than ordinarily keen- sighted , detected at times something like ...
... possessed . There was no tremulousness in his voice nor manner ; nothing huried , nothing simulated . The calm- ness of ... possess him wholly . If an observer , more than ordinarily keen- sighted , detected at times something like ...
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... possess . But his landlord finding the property greatly increased in value , coolly refused to receive the one thousand dollars , when in due time it was presented ; and when his extortion- ate demand of double that sum was refused , he ...
... possess . But his landlord finding the property greatly increased in value , coolly refused to receive the one thousand dollars , when in due time it was presented ; and when his extortion- ate demand of double that sum was refused , he ...
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... possessed himself , his vigorous spirit even buoyed up and animated those who surrounded him in his last moments . He recognized his own condition in the same spirit of philosophic and self - sustaining contemplation . He looked ...
... possessed himself , his vigorous spirit even buoyed up and animated those who surrounded him in his last moments . He recognized his own condition in the same spirit of philosophic and self - sustaining contemplation . He looked ...
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... possess faculties and dispo- sitions which might have rusted in obscurity , had circumstances been less propritious . We are sure that , as an old baron of the feudal time , as an early settler of New England , as a pioneer in the ...
... possess faculties and dispo- sitions which might have rusted in obscurity , had circumstances been less propritious . We are sure that , as an old baron of the feudal time , as an early settler of New England , as a pioneer in the ...
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... possess great men in such abundance as to be able to spare one from the list . It is clearly our pride and interest to indulge in an honest exultation at any signs of intellec- tual supremacy in one of our own countrymen . His talents ...
... possess great men in such abundance as to be able to spare one from the list . It is clearly our pride and interest to indulge in an honest exultation at any signs of intellec- tual supremacy in one of our own countrymen . His talents ...
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Page 1 - 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 180 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact : as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the !States who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities,...
Page 2 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Page 58 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 33 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 64 - ... 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, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies; and I know, that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be eradicated.
Page 65 - But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven.