The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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Page 17
... to the etiquette of his position . His feelings and his interest in the question made him forgetful of his duty . direction . When they heard his sentences of powerful thought 2 17 plished. Within a few brief months, the political ...
... to the etiquette of his position . His feelings and his interest in the question made him forgetful of his duty . direction . When they heard his sentences of powerful thought 2 17 plished. Within a few brief months, the political ...
Page 29
... intellect becoming obedient to the summons which ordered him from a world he loved but too well , forgetting none of the duties , the demands or the proprieties of mortal existence about to close . His life did not end as the 29.
... intellect becoming obedient to the summons which ordered him from a world he loved but too well , forgetting none of the duties , the demands or the proprieties of mortal existence about to close . His life did not end as the 29.
Page 32
... duty of this kind unperformed . I want to leave somewhere a declaration of my belief in Christianity . I do not wish to go into any doctrinal distinctions in regard to the per- son of Jesus but I wish to express my belief in his divine ...
... duty of this kind unperformed . I want to leave somewhere a declaration of my belief in Christianity . I do not wish to go into any doctrinal distinctions in regard to the per- son of Jesus but I wish to express my belief in his divine ...
Page 36
... duty to take the minutest care . After nightfall , he received at his bed side each member of his family and household , the friends gathered under his roof , and the servants , most of whom having been long in his service had become to ...
... duty to take the minutest care . After nightfall , he received at his bed side each member of his family and household , the friends gathered under his roof , and the servants , most of whom having been long in his service had become to ...
Page 46
... duty is he whom the Scriptures describe in such terse but terrific language , as living without God in the world . Such a man is out of his proper being , out of the circle of all his duties , out of the circle of all his happiness ...
... duty is he whom the Scriptures describe in such terse but terrific language , as living without God in the world . Such a man is out of his proper being , out of the circle of all his duties , out of the circle of all his happiness ...
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