The American Spirit: As Expressed in the First Settlement of New England and Selections from Other Orations (Classic Reprint)
by Daniel Webster
Excerpt from The American Spirit: As Expressed in the First Settlement of New England and Selections From Other Orations
The object of the Pilgrim Tercentenary Celebration is to arouse and strengthen the true American spirit. N o writer or speaker has better expressed that spirit than Daniel Webster. These two thoughts have brought about the present publication. The First Settlement of New England is the most complete and appropriate for this occasion of Webster's patriotic speeches. Selections from the other orations have been added, wherever passages have been found setting forth in a forceful way the American idea. There have been included also a brief list of poems embodying the same idea, a list of pictures illustrating episodes bf the Pilgrims' journey, and a pageant which has been successfully given.
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The object of the Pilgrim Tercentenary Celebration is to arouse and strengthen the true American spirit. N o writer or speaker has better expressed that spirit than Daniel Webster. These two thoughts have brought about the present publication. The First Settlement of New England is the most complete and appropriate for this occasion of Webster's patriotic speeches. Selections from the other orations have been added, wherever passages have been found setting forth in a forceful way the American idea. There have been included also a brief list of poems embodying the same idea, a list of pictures illustrating episodes bf the Pilgrims' journey, and a pageant which has been successfully given.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comwww.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Paperback, 102 pages
Published May 2nd 2018 by Forgotten Books (first published July 16th 2015)
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Daniel Webster was a leading American statesman during the nation's Antebellum Period. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests. His increasingly nationalistic views and the effectiveness with which he articulated them led Webster to become one of the most famous orators and influential Whig leaders of the Second Party System.
Daniel Webster was an attorney, and served as legal counsel in several cases that established important constitutional precedents that bolstered the authority of the Federal government. As Secretary of State, he negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty that established the definitive eastern border between the United States and Canada.
Webster tried three times to achieve the Presidency; all three bids failed, the final one in part because of his compromises. Similarly, Webster's efforts to steer the nation away from civil war toward a definite peace ultimately proved futile. Despite this, Webster came to be esteemed for these efforts and was officially named by the U.S. Senate in 1957 as one of its five most outstanding members.
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