 ... become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence...  Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 452by Daniel Webster - 1830 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Milton O'Neill - 1921 - 876 pages
...it will be confessed; there is no refuge from conffi^ion but suicide, and suicide is confession. iQ Much has been said, on this occasion, of the excitement...been, and is, much excitement, and strange, indeed, it would be had it been otherwise. Should not all the peaceable and well-disposed naturally feel concerned,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1921 - 506 pages
...the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth. It must be confessed, it will be confessed; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession. — Daniel Webster. NOTE. — The above extract is from Daniel Webster's argument in the trial of John... | |
 | Charles Henry Woolbert, Andrew Thomas Weaver - 1922 - 426 pages
...the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth. It must be confessed, it will be confessed; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession." DANIEL WEBSTER. B. MEN ARE FOUR. (An Arabian Proverb.) He who knows, and knows that he knows, — He... | |
 | Joseph Albert Mosher - 1920 - 668 pages
...the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth. It must be confessed, it will be confessed; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession. (WEBSTEK: The White Murder Case) A GLORIOUS CHRISTMAS DINNER Such a bustle ensued that you might have... | |
 | George Pierce Baker, Henry Barrett Huntington - 1925 - 638 pages
...the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth. It must be confessed, it will be confessed ; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession.1 Contrast the turbulent irony of this quotation from Victor Hugo's Napoleon le Petit 2... | |
 | Dominic Barthel - 1927 - 790 pages
...the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth. It must be confessed ; it will be confessed ; there is no refuge from confession but suicide ; and suicide is confession. PART SECOND Selections for Intermediate Course Note : — The prose oratorical models, selected for... | |
 | Warren Choate Shaw - 1928 - 694 pages
...circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth. It must be confessed; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession. //. The Peroration Gentlemen, your whole concern in this case should be to do your duty, and let consequences... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...want to do anything. John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908) American economist Sec COMMITTEES Confessions There is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession. Daniel Webster (1782-1852) American lawyer, statesman All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine... | |
 | George Howe Colt - 1992 - 580 pages
...in. One often reads of criminals who kill themselves even as the police are knocking on their door. "There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession," observed Daniel Webster, arguing a murder case in 1830. Newspapers often report the seemingly inexplicable... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...Confession* of ¡ean-fjcquci Rousseau, vol. 1, pt. 1,bk. 1. Introduction (1781-88. written 1 766-70). 1 3 There is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession. DANIEL WEBSTER 1 1 782-1 852), US lawyer, statesman. 'Argument on Ihe Murder oí Capiain While," speech.... | |
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