Select Speeches of Daniel Webster
1817-1845
With Preface, Introduction, and Notes by
A. J. George, A.M.
Instructor in Rhetoric and English Literature in the Newton, Mass., High School
"The front of Jove himself;
An eye like Mars to threaten and command;
A combination and a form indeed,
Where every god did seem to set his seal,
To give the world assurance of a man"
Boston, U.S.A.
D.C. Heath & Co., Publishers
1903
To
The Hon. George F. Hoar, LL.D.
A Worthy Successor of
Daniel Webster
In the Senate of the United States
Blest Statesman He, whose Mind's unselfish will
Leaves him at ease among grand thoughts: whose eye
Sees that, apart from magnanimity,
Wisdom exists not; nor the humbler skill
Of Prudence, disentangling good and ill
With patient care. What tho' assaults run high,
They daunt not him who holds his ministry,
Resolute, at all hazards, to fulfil
Its duties; prompt to move, but firm to wait;
Knowing, things rashly sought are rarely found;
That, for the functions of an ancient State--
Strong by her charters, free because imbound,
Servant of Providence, not slave of Fate--
Perilous is sweeping change, all chance unsound.