The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster: Memoir [by Edward Everett] and speeches on various occasionsLittle, Brown, 1903 |
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... effort has been made to bring together in chronological order all the important letters by Mr. Webster which have not pre- viously been printed in the volumes of his Private Correspon- dence and his Collected Works . This has to a great ...
... effort has been made to bring together in chronological order all the important letters by Mr. Webster which have not pre- viously been printed in the volumes of his Private Correspon- dence and his Collected Works . This has to a great ...
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... Efforts of this Class . - CHAPTER V. . . -- - - - State of Parties . — Meeting of - Election to Congress from Boston . the Eighteenth Congress . - Mr. Webster's Resolution and Speech in favor of the Greeks . - Argument in the Supreme ...
... Efforts of this Class . - CHAPTER V. . . -- - - - State of Parties . — Meeting of - Election to Congress from Boston . the Eighteenth Congress . - Mr. Webster's Resolution and Speech in favor of the Greeks . - Argument in the Supreme ...
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... Efforts in Congress to organize a Territorial Govern- ment for these Provinces . - Great Exertions of Mr. Webster on the last Night of the Session . - Nomination of General Taylor , and Course of Mr. Webster in Reference to it . A ...
... Efforts in Congress to organize a Territorial Govern- ment for these Provinces . - Great Exertions of Mr. Webster on the last Night of the Session . - Nomination of General Taylor , and Course of Mr. Webster in Reference to it . A ...
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... efforts encour- aged by a pupil younger than himself , but who , having enjoyed better advantages of education in boyhood , was now in the sen- ior class at Exeter , the early celebrated and lamented Joseph Stevens Buckminster . The ...
... efforts encour- aged by a pupil younger than himself , but who , having enjoyed better advantages of education in boyhood , was now in the sen- ior class at Exeter , the early celebrated and lamented Joseph Stevens Buckminster . The ...
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... efforts which constitute no small part of the discipline by which a great character is formed . During his residence at Fryeburg , Mr. Webster borrowed ( he was too poor to buy ) Blackstone's Commentaries , and read them for the first ...
... efforts which constitute no small part of the discipline by which a great character is formed . During his residence at Fryeburg , Mr. Webster borrowed ( he was too poor to buy ) Blackstone's Commentaries , and read them for the first ...
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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!