The Works of Daniel Webster..., Volumen1Little, Brown, 1881 |
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... spirit of Mr. Webster is still remembered by his classmates , and by the close of his first col- lege year he had given proof of powers and aspirations which placed him far above rivalry among his associates . " It is known , " says Mr ...
... spirit of Mr. Webster is still remembered by his classmates , and by the close of his first col- lege year he had given proof of powers and aspirations which placed him far above rivalry among his associates . " It is known , " says Mr ...
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... spirit ran high ; errors had been committed by ardent men on both sides ; and extreme opinions had been advanced on most questions , which no wise and well - informed person at the present day would probably be willing to espouse . The ...
... spirit ran high ; errors had been committed by ardent men on both sides ; and extreme opinions had been advanced on most questions , which no wise and well - informed person at the present day would probably be willing to espouse . The ...
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... spirit of enlarged patri- otism which has ever guided his public course . There is cer- tainly no individual who has filled a prominent place in our political history who has shown himself more devoted to prin- ciple and less to party ...
... spirit of enlarged patri- otism which has ever guided his public course . There is cer- tainly no individual who has filled a prominent place in our political history who has shown himself more devoted to prin- ciple and less to party ...
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... spirit went to great lengths , he never permitted himself to be infected with its contagion . His opinions were firmly main- tained and boldly expressed ; but without bitterness toward those who differed from him . He cultivated ...
... spirit went to great lengths , he never permitted himself to be infected with its contagion . His opinions were firmly main- tained and boldly expressed ; but without bitterness toward those who differed from him . He cultivated ...
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... spirit and glowing imagination place at his control all the resources of an overwhelming rhetoric , and make him all - powerful with a jury ; while the ablest court is guided by his severe logic , and instructed by the choice which he ...
... spirit and glowing imagination place at his control all the resources of an overwhelming rhetoric , and make him all - powerful with a jury ; while the ablest court is guided by his severe logic , and instructed by the choice which he ...
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Página 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!
Página xciv - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
Página xcvii - ... 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! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies, streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, — bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory...
Página 41 - ... and It is further ordered, That where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Página xxxiii - ... every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all republicans; we are all federalists.
Página 148 - 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.
Página 224 - 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.
Página 62 - 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.
Página 260 - 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.
Página 29 - Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.