The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1854 - 221 Seiten |
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... less audibly than his words . His manner gave new force to his language . As he stood swaying his right arm , like a huge tilt - hammer , up and down , his swarthy countenance lighted up with excitement , he appeared amid the smoke ...
... less audibly than his words . His manner gave new force to his language . As he stood swaying his right arm , like a huge tilt - hammer , up and down , his swarthy countenance lighted up with excitement , he appeared amid the smoke ...
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... less than to himself , that , as the days passed on , each brought with it some slight proof of a gradual decay in his bodily powers and rescources . On Sunday evening , October 10 , he desired a fiiend , who was sitting with him , to ...
... less than to himself , that , as the days passed on , each brought with it some slight proof of a gradual decay in his bodily powers and rescources . On Sunday evening , October 10 , he desired a fiiend , who was sitting with him , to ...
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... less satisfied , and said , " Yes ; -but the fact , the fact I want ; " - desiring to know if he were to regard these words as an intimation , that he was already within that dark valley . On another occasion , he inquired whether it ...
... less satisfied , and said , " Yes ; -but the fact , the fact I want ; " - desiring to know if he were to regard these words as an intimation , that he was already within that dark valley . On another occasion , he inquired whether it ...
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... less than ten or twelve thousand . A thoughtful consideration for the feelings of all who were present was shown in the arragements of the funeral . In order that the wish which all felt , to look for he last time upon the face of the ...
... less than ten or twelve thousand . A thoughtful consideration for the feelings of all who were present was shown in the arragements of the funeral . In order that the wish which all felt , to look for he last time upon the face of the ...
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... less interesting and important ; and they show also a strength of personal character , superior to irresolution and fear , capable of bearing up against the most determined opposition , and uniting to boldness in thought intrepidity in ...
... less interesting and important ; and they show also a strength of personal character , superior to irresolution and fear , capable of bearing up against the most determined opposition , and uniting to boldness in thought intrepidity in ...
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Seite 24 - 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.
Seite 80 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Seite 87 - Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and Independence forever.
Seite 84 - True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
Seite 11 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet...
Seite 19 - ... it — if party strife and blind ambition shall hawk at and tear it — if folly and madness — if uneasiness, under salutary and necessary restraint shall succeed to separate it from that union, by which alone its existence is made sure, it will stand, in the end, by the side of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever of vigor it may still retain, over the friends who gather round it; and it will fall at last, if fall it must, amidst the proudest...
Seite 216 - I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe...
Seite 216 - 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...
Seite 216 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Seite 86 - ... 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, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies; and I know, that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be eradicated.