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... Massachusetts , was the ideal of public and private virtue . He was placid , cool , exact , and conscien- tious , yet always imaginative , and sometimes impassioned . Daniel Webster , who was in most things a highly contrasted character ...
... Massachusetts , was the ideal of public and private virtue . He was placid , cool , exact , and conscien- tious , yet always imaginative , and sometimes impassioned . Daniel Webster , who was in most things a highly contrasted character ...
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... Massachusetts , there . They were both very much affected with Mr. Everett's sermon , and Mr. Otis wept bitterly . There were some very touching appeals to our most delicate feelings on the loss of our friends . Mr. Everett was almost ...
... Massachusetts , there . They were both very much affected with Mr. Everett's sermon , and Mr. Otis wept bitterly . There were some very touching appeals to our most delicate feelings on the loss of our friends . Mr. Everett was almost ...
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... Massachusetts , on the 11th of April , 1794 , and died at Boston on the 16th of Janu- ary , 1865 , literally in harness , just after he had returned from the delivery of an oration at Savannah for the relief of EDWARD EVERETT . 15.
... Massachusetts , on the 11th of April , 1794 , and died at Boston on the 16th of Janu- ary , 1865 , literally in harness , just after he had returned from the delivery of an oration at Savannah for the relief of EDWARD EVERETT . 15.
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... Massachusetts four years , from 1836 to 1840 ; Minister to Eng- land from 1841 to 1845 ; President of Harvard University from 1846 to 1849 ; Secretary of State , as the successor of Daniel Webster , from November , 1852 , to March ...
... Massachusetts four years , from 1836 to 1840 ; Minister to Eng- land from 1841 to 1845 ; President of Harvard University from 1846 to 1849 ; Secretary of State , as the successor of Daniel Webster , from November , 1852 , to March ...
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... Massachusetts . " Then came other invocations and appeals on the same sub- ject , varied by exquisite literary essays , some in the interest of the farmers , some in honor of the venerated dead , some for the education of the poor ...
... Massachusetts . " Then came other invocations and appeals on the same sub- ject , varied by exquisite literary essays , some in the interest of the farmers , some in honor of the venerated dead , some for the education of the poor ...
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