The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster: Memoir [by Edward Everett] and speeches on various occasionsLittle, Brown, 1903 |
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... Colonies . The great political questions of the day were not only discussed in the towns and cities , but in the villages and hamlets . Captain Webster took a deep interest in those discussions . Like so many of the officers and ...
... Colonies . The great political questions of the day were not only discussed in the towns and cities , but in the villages and hamlets . Captain Webster took a deep interest in those discussions . Like so many of the officers and ...
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... Colonies , a speech of which the topics of course pre- sent themselves on the most superficial consideration of the subject , but of which a few hints only of what was actually said - are supplied by the letters and diaries of Mr ...
... Colonies , a speech of which the topics of course pre- sent themselves on the most superficial consideration of the subject , but of which a few hints only of what was actually said - are supplied by the letters and diaries of Mr ...
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... colonies which introduced civilization and an English race into New England , afford a most interesting and extensive topic of discussion . On these , much of our subsequent character and fortune has depended . Their influence has ...
... colonies which introduced civilization and an English race into New England , afford a most interesting and extensive topic of discussion . On these , much of our subsequent character and fortune has depended . Their influence has ...
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... colonies established within the present limits of the United States ; but the occasion attracts our attention more immedi- ately to those which took possession of New England , and the peculiarities of these furnish a strong contrast ...
... colonies established within the present limits of the United States ; but the occasion attracts our attention more immedi- ately to those which took possession of New England , and the peculiarities of these furnish a strong contrast ...
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... colonies as an affair of state expediency . Colonization and commerce , indeed , would naturally become objects of inter- est to an ingenious and enterprising people , inhabiting a terri- tory closely circumscribed in its limits , and ...
... colonies as an affair of state expediency . Colonization and commerce , indeed , would naturally become objects of inter- est to an ingenious and enterprising people , inhabiting a terri- tory closely circumscribed in its limits , and ...
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86 ページ - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
90 ページ - 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!
311 ページ - It was for Mr. Adams to reply to arguments like these. We know his opinions, and we know his character. He would commence with his accustomed directness and earnestness. < " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. It is true, indeed, that in the beginning we aimed not at independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends. The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted,...
217 ページ - For the purpose of public instruction, we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question, whether he himself have, or have not, children to be benefited by the education for which he pays.
241 ページ - Him ! the head of our civil councils, and the destined leader of our military bands, whom nothing brought hither but the unquenchable fire of his own spirit ! 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...
313 ページ - 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.
207 ページ - 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.
67 ページ - Resolved, That provision ought to be made, by law, for defraying the expense incident to the appointment of an Agent or Commissioner to Greece, whenever the President shall deem it expedient to make such appointment.
226 ページ - We welcome you to the blessings of good government and religious liberty. We welcome you to the treasures of science and the delights of learning. We welcome you to the transcendent sweets of domestic life, to the happiness of kindred, and parents, and children. We welcome you to the immeasurable blessings of rational existence, the immortal hope of Christianity, and the light of everlasting truth!