From Farm Boy to Senator: Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel WebsterJ.S. Ogilvie, no. 31 Rose Street, 1882 - 310 pages |
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... early education I should have been in Philadelphia in his place . I came near it as it was . But I missed it , and now I must work here . " 66 “ My dear father , " answered Daniel , not with- out emotion , " you shall not work . Brother ...
... early education I should have been in Philadelphia in his place . I came near it as it was . But I missed it , and now I must work here . " 66 “ My dear father , " answered Daniel , not with- out emotion , " you shall not work . Brother ...
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... early delicacy , had plenty of time allowed him for amusement . The favorite companion of his leisure hours was not a boy , but a veteran soldier and near neighbor , named Robert Wise . He had built a little cot- tage in the corner of ...
... early delicacy , had plenty of time allowed him for amusement . The favorite companion of his leisure hours was not a boy , but a veteran soldier and near neighbor , named Robert Wise . He had built a little cot- tage in the corner of ...
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... early days . Libraries were scarce , and private collec- tions equally scarce , especially in small country places . So the boy's appetite for books was not likely to be satisfied . Daniel's words attracted the attention of his father ...
... early days . Libraries were scarce , and private collec- tions equally scarce , especially in small country places . So the boy's appetite for books was not likely to be satisfied . Daniel's words attracted the attention of his father ...
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... early age could repeat many of the psalms and hymns of Dr. Watts . There was another poem which so impressed him that he learned to repeat the whole of it . This was Pope's " Essay Essay on Man , " a poem which I fear is going out of ...
... early age could repeat many of the psalms and hymns of Dr. Watts . There was another poem which so impressed him that he learned to repeat the whole of it . This was Pope's " Essay Essay on Man , " a poem which I fear is going out of ...
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... early to - morrow . " " Why , father ? " Daniel supposed he was to be set at some farm work . " We are going to make a journey , " answered Judge Webster . " A journey ! " repeated the boy in surprise . " Where are we going ? " " I am ...
... early to - morrow . " " Why , father ? " Daniel supposed he was to be set at some farm work . " We are going to make a journey , " answered Judge Webster . " A journey ! " repeated the boy in surprise . " Where are we going ? " " I am ...
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Page 255 - 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 201 - ... country. Behold, how altered! The same heavens are indeed over your heads; the same ocean rolls at your feet; but all else how changed! You hear now no roar of hostile cannon, you see no mixed volumes of smoke and flame rising from burning Charlestown, The ground strewed with the dead and the dying; the impetuous charge; the steady and successful repulse; the loud call to repeated assault; the summoning of all that is manly to repeated resistance...
Page 243 - We have thus heard, sir, what the resolution is, which is actually before us for consideration ; and it will readily occur to every one that it is almost the only subject about which something has not been said in the speech, running through two days, by which the Senate has been now entertained by the gentleman from South Carolina.
Page 247 - Americans all, whose fame is no more to be hemmed in by state lines, than their talents and patriotism were capable of being circumscribed within the same narrow limits. In their day and generation, they served and .honored the country, and the whole country ; and their renown is of the treasures of the whole country. Him whose honored name the gentleman himself bears — does he esteem me less capable of gratitude for his patriotism, or sympathy for his sufferings, than if his eyes had first opened...
Page 204 - Fortunate, fortunate man ! with what measure of devotion will you not thank God for the circumstances of your extraordinary life ! You are connected with both hemispheres and with two generations. Heaven saw fit to ordain, that the electric spark of Liberty should be conducted, through you, from the new world to the old...
Page 203 - CENTURY! when in your youthful days you put every thing at hazard in your country's cause, good as that cause was, and sanguine as youth is, still your fondest hopes did not stretch onward to an hour like this! At a period to which you could not...
Page 197 - Advance, then, ye future generations ! "We would hail you, as you rise in your long succession, to fill the places which we now fill, and to taste the blessings of existence where we are passing, and soon shall have passed, our own human duration. We bid you welcome to this pleasant land of the fathers.
Page 292 - Secession ! Peaceable secession ! Sir, your eyes and mine are never destined to see that miracle. The dismemberment of this vast country without convulsion! The breaking up of the fountains of the great deep without ruffling the surface ! Who is so foolish, I beg everybody's pardon, as to expect to see any such thing?
Page 255 - What is all this worth? nor those other words of delusion and folly, 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 215 - This lovely land, this glorious liberty, these benign institutions, the dear purchase of our fathers, are ours ; ours to enjoy, ours to preserve, ours to transmit. Generations past and generations to come hold us responsible for this sacred trust.