The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... religious thoughts and assurances , as if support were more needful for their hearts than for his own . On different occasions , in the course of the day , he prayed audibly . Oftener , he seemed to be in silent prayer and meditation ...
... religious thoughts and assurances , as if support were more needful for their hearts than for his own . On different occasions , in the course of the day , he prayed audibly . Oftener , he seemed to be in silent prayer and meditation ...
Page 43
... religious service by reading a selection from the Bible . After which , the following address was made by him : On an occasion like the present , a multitude of words were worse than idle . Standing before that majestic form , it ...
... religious service by reading a selection from the Bible . After which , the following address was made by him : On an occasion like the present , a multitude of words were worse than idle . Standing before that majestic form , it ...
Page 46
... religious 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 ...
... religious 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 ...
Page 47
... religious sentiments and feelings were the crown- ing glories of his character . The address was followed by a prayer . The rooms , hall , and stairway , were filled by Mr. Webster's relatives and friends , while a vast mass of ...
... religious sentiments and feelings were the crown- ing glories of his character . The address was followed by a prayer . The rooms , hall , and stairway , were filled by Mr. Webster's relatives and friends , while a vast mass of ...
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... religious liberty will cling round it , resolved to stand with it or fall with it . Send it to the public halls ; proclaim it there ; let them hear it who heard the first roar of the enemy's cannon ; let them see it who saw their ...
... religious liberty will cling round it , resolved to stand with it or fall with it . Send it to the public halls ; proclaim it there ; let them hear it who heard the first roar of the enemy's cannon ; let them see it who saw their ...
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