The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... established governments suited to the exigencies of their affairs , to adopt such government , as would , in the opinion of the representatives of the people , best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular ...
... established governments suited to the exigencies of their affairs , to adopt such government , as would , in the opinion of the representatives of the people , best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular ...
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... established over our posterity , when we ourselves , given up by an exhausted , a harrassed , a misled people , shall have expiated our rashness and atoned for our presumption on the scaffold . " It was for Mr. Adams to reply to ...
... established over our posterity , when we ourselves , given up by an exhausted , a harrassed , a misled people , shall have expiated our rashness and atoned for our presumption on the scaffold . " It was for Mr. Adams to reply to ...
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... established . The population of the country thick- ened around him faster , and extended wider , than his own sanguine predic- tions had anticipated ; and the wealth , respectability , and power of the nation sprang up to a magnitude ...
... established . The population of the country thick- ened around him faster , and extended wider , than his own sanguine predic- tions had anticipated ; and the wealth , respectability , and power of the nation sprang up to a magnitude ...
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... established , and practically applied in Amer- ica , attract attention , command respect , and awaken imitation , in other regions of the globe ; and well might , and well did he exclaim , " Where will the con- sequences of the American ...
... established , and practically applied in Amer- ica , attract attention , command respect , and awaken imitation , in other regions of the globe ; and well might , and well did he exclaim , " Where will the con- sequences of the American ...
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... established in this country ; comprise all that can be attempted , and much more than can be satisfactorily performed , on the present occasion . Of the motives which influenced the first settlers to a voluntary exile , in- duced them ...
... established in this country ; comprise all that can be attempted , and much more than can be satisfactorily performed , on the present occasion . Of the motives which influenced the first settlers to a voluntary exile , in- duced them ...
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