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Page 27
... is one among the many New Hampshire anecdotes which Mr. Webster was in the habit of occasionally narrating to his friends . It is given in nearly the narrator's own words : " Soon after commencing the practice of my profession at 27.
... is one among the many New Hampshire anecdotes which Mr. Webster was in the habit of occasionally narrating to his friends . It is given in nearly the narrator's own words : " Soon after commencing the practice of my profession at 27.
Page 32
... given the deliberate testimony of his life to the truth of Christianity , as a miraculous revelation of God's will to man he desired , though dead , still to bear the same testimony from his grave to the same great truth . The monument on ...
... given the deliberate testimony of his life to the truth of Christianity , as a miraculous revelation of God's will to man he desired , though dead , still to bear the same testimony from his grave to the same great truth . The monument on ...
Page 33
... given some directions concerning a final disposition of his worldly affairs ; but he now desired that his will might be immediately drawn up in legal form , and the next day he dictated a considerable portion of it with great precision ...
... given some directions concerning a final disposition of his worldly affairs ; but he now desired that his will might be immediately drawn up in legal form , and the next day he dictated a considerable portion of it with great precision ...
Page 36
... given minute directions who should go ; -— what horse and what vehicle he should use ; - and what road he should follow ; -where he should take a fresh relay ; and how he should execute his errand on reaching the city . He also desired ...
... given minute directions who should go ; -— what horse and what vehicle he should use ; - and what road he should follow ; -where he should take a fresh relay ; and how he should execute his errand on reaching the city . He also desired ...
Page 37
... given such dignity and power to his character . From the morning of Saturday , when he had announced to his attendant physician - what nobody , until that time , had intimated- that he " should die that night , " the whole strength of ...
... given such dignity and power to his character . From the morning of Saturday , when he had announced to his attendant physician - what nobody , until that time , had intimated- that he " should die that night , " the whole strength of ...
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Page 1 - 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!
Page 180 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact : as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the !States who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities,...
Page 2 - 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.
Page 58 - 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.
Page 33 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 64 - ... 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.
Page 65 - But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven.