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  • America has furnished to the world the character of Washington. And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind.

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    Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple (2001). “The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster”, p.149, Beard Books

  • Gentlemen, the character of Washington is among the most cherished contemplations of my life. It is a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration, with clear, steady, beneficent light.

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    Daniel Webster (1860). “The Union Text Book: Containing Selections from the Writings of Daniel Webster, The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's Farewell Address”, p.432

  • Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

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    Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851). “Speeches delivered on various public occasions”, p.490

  • Finally, let us not forget the religious character of our origin. Our fathers were brought hither by their high veneration for the Christian religion. They journeyed by its light, and labored in its hope. They sought to incorporate its principles with the elements of their society, and to diffuse its influence through all their institutions, civil, political, or literary. Let us cherish these sentiments, and extend this influence still more widely; in full conviction that that is the happiest society which partakes in the highest degree of the mild and peaceful spirit of Christianity.

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    Daniel Webster (1848). “Speeches and Forensic Arguments”, p.56
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Daniel Webster

  • Born: January 18, 1782
  • Died: October 24, 1852
  • Occupation: Former United States Senator
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