Webster and His Master-pieces, المجلد 2Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854 Vol. 1 comprises a biography of Daniel Webster; v. 2 consists of speeches and writings by Webster. |
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... feelings and corrupt the judgment of the young . Let me here say plainly , that , having heard Mr. Webster speak very frequently , on almost every variety of occasion , I have never heard him , even when most excited , raise his voice ...
... feelings and corrupt the judgment of the young . Let me here say plainly , that , having heard Mr. Webster speak very frequently , on almost every variety of occasion , I have never heard him , even when most excited , raise his voice ...
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... feelings of the mo- ment ; and that the people of the United States , in adopting that instrument , have manifested a determination to shield them- selves and their property from the effects of those sudden and strong passions to which ...
... feelings of the mo- ment ; and that the people of the United States , in adopting that instrument , have manifested a determination to shield them- selves and their property from the effects of those sudden and strong passions to which ...
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... feeling which nature prompts , and teaches to be proper among children of the same Eternal Parent , to the contemplation of the myriads of fellow - beings , with which his goodness has peopled the infinite of space ; so neither is it ...
... feeling which nature prompts , and teaches to be proper among children of the same Eternal Parent , to the contemplation of the myriads of fellow - beings , with which his goodness has peopled the infinite of space ; so neither is it ...
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... feeling , I hardly know what should bear with stronger obligation on a liberal and en- lightened mind , than a consciousness of alliance with excellence which is departed ; and a consciousness , too , that in its acts and conduct , and ...
... feeling , I hardly know what should bear with stronger obligation on a liberal and en- lightened mind , than a consciousness of alliance with excellence which is departed ; and a consciousness , too , that in its acts and conduct , and ...
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... feeling connected with this occasion , too strong to be resisted ; a sort of genius of the place , which in- spires and awes us . We feel that we are on the spot where the first scene of our history was laid ; where the hearths and ...
... feeling connected with this occasion , too strong to be resisted ; a sort of genius of the place , which in- spires and awes us . We feel that we are on the spot where the first scene of our history was laid ; where the hearths and ...
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الصفحة 408 - 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.
الصفحة 256 - 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.
الصفحة 256 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
الصفحة 479 - It has a preamble, and that preamble expressly recites, that the duties which it imposes are laid " for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures.
الصفحة 202 - Resolved, That the Declaration, passed on the fourth, be fairly engrossed on parchment, with the title and style of ' THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ' ; and that the same, when engrossed be signed by every member of Congress.
الصفحة 424 - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
الصفحة 249 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
الصفحة 204 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action/ In July 1776, the controversy had passed the stage of argument.
الصفحة 160 - We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event to every class and every age. We wish that infancy may learn the purpose of its erection from maternal lips, and that weary and withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests.
الصفحة 408 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over...