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... eloquence . His words were full of marrow , his logic unctuous with fatness . He defeated his opponents , not by the " delicacy of his tact , but by the prodigious power of his reason . " There " was no honeyed paste of poetic diction ...
... eloquence . His words were full of marrow , his logic unctuous with fatness . He defeated his opponents , not by the " delicacy of his tact , but by the prodigious power of his reason . " There " was no honeyed paste of poetic diction ...
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... eloquent declamation , read Mr. Webster's arguments before the Supreme Court , his speeches delivered in Faneuil Hall , his best efforts in the senate chamber , his unstudied responses at public dinners and conventions , his lectures ...
... eloquent declamation , read Mr. Webster's arguments before the Supreme Court , his speeches delivered in Faneuil Hall , his best efforts in the senate chamber , his unstudied responses at public dinners and conventions , his lectures ...
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... eloquence ? Who understood better than he did the modern history of the diplomacy of nations ? He was a man of extraordinary endowments , courteous , brave , generous , and urbane , and yet opinionative , arbitrary , and dogmatical . It ...
... eloquence ? Who understood better than he did the modern history of the diplomacy of nations ? He was a man of extraordinary endowments , courteous , brave , generous , and urbane , and yet opinionative , arbitrary , and dogmatical . It ...
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... eloquent expounder of the principles of his party . The magazines are filled with specimens of his glow- ing imagery and subtle reasoning . It was , indeed , a rich treat to look up at his stalwart form and listen to the deep notes that ...
... eloquent expounder of the principles of his party . The magazines are filled with specimens of his glow- ing imagery and subtle reasoning . It was , indeed , a rich treat to look up at his stalwart form and listen to the deep notes that ...
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... eloquence . He had not the massive grandeur of Webster , but he was more acute in his argument , and had a more gracious manner of delivery . He did not display the scholarship of Benton , but he had a richer fancy and more declamatory ...
... eloquence . He had not the massive grandeur of Webster , but he was more acute in his argument , and had a more gracious manner of delivery . He did not display the scholarship of Benton , but he had a richer fancy and more declamatory ...
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Página 19 - While the Union lasts we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us — for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise ! God grant that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind ! 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...
Página 306 - All day thy wings have fanned At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Página 18 - It is to that Union we owe our safety at home and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe school of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit.
Página 117 - The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man. The mountain of granite blooms into an eternal flower with the lightness and delicate finish as well as the aerial proportions and perspective of vegetable beauty.
Página 307 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the...
Página 231 - hold the mirror up to Nature, and show the very age and body of the time its form and pressure.
Página 222 - WAS it the chime of a tiny bell, That came so sweet to my dreaming ear,— Like the silvery tones of a fairy's shell That he winds on the beach, so mellow and clear, When the winds and the waves lie together asleep...
Página 18 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether with my short sight I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Página 86 - But will the North agree to this? It is for her to answer the question. But, I will say, she cannot refuse if she has half the love of the Union which she professes to have, or without justly exposing herself to the charge that her love of power and aggrandizement is far greater than her love ..of the Union.
Página 14 - I decline her umpirage. I have not sworn to support the constitution according to her construction of its clauses. I have not stipulated, by my oath of office or otherwise, to come under any responsibility, except to the people, and those whom they have appointed to pass upon the question, whether the laws, supported by my votes, conform to the constitution of the country.