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It is impossible to refute the accusation, at the end of his life, of a carelessness approaching unscrupulousness in money matters. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REFUTE THE ACCUSATION AT THE END OF HIS LIFE OF A CARELESSNESS APPROACHING UNSCRUPULOUSNESS IN MONEY MATTERS
hich knew for its own the nobility of large spaces, and the grandeur of repose. The life of Daniel Webster is one of the most dramatic and touching of any of our great men. He was an orator of such solid thought and chaste eloquence that even now, without the advantage of the marvelously rich and flexible voice and the commanding presence that made each word burn like a fire, even without this incalculable personal interpretation, his speeches remain as a permanent part of our literature, and will so long as English oratory is read. He was a brilliant lawyer--the foremost of his day--and his statesmanship was of equal rank. In private life he was a peculiarly devoted and tender son, husband, father, and friend. That he should have become saddened by domestic losses and somewhat vitiated by flattery were, perhaps, inevitable. He was bitterly condemned--more bitterly by his contemporaries than by those who now study his words and work--for lowering his high standard in regard to slavery. OR THAT AMPLE SPIRIT WHICH KNEW FOR ITS OWN THE NOBILITY OF LARGE SPACES AND THE GRANDEUR OF REPOSE THE LIFE OF DANIEL WEBSTER IS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC AND TOUCHING OF ANY OF OUR GREAT MEN HE WAS AN ORATOR OF SUCH SOLID THOUGHT AND CHASTE ELOQUENCE THAT EVEN NOW WITHOUT THE ADVANTAGE OF THE MARVELLOUSLY RICH INFLEXIBLE VOICE AND THE COMMANDING PRESENCE THAT MADE EACH WORD BURN LIKE A FIRE EVEN WITHOUT THIS INCALCULABLE PERSONAL INTERPRETATION HIS SPEECHES REMAIN AS A PERMANENT PART OF OUR LITERATURE AND WILL SO LONG AS ENGLISH ORATORY IS READ HE WAS A BRILLIANT LAWYER THE FOREMOST OF HIS DAY AND HIS STATESMANSHIP WAS OF EQUAL RANK IN PRIVATE LIFE HE WAS A PECULIARLY DEVOTED AND TENDER SON HUSBAND FATHER AND FRIEND THAT HE SHOULD HAVE BECOME SADDENED BY DOMESTIC LOSSES AND SOMEWHAT VITIATED BY FLATTERY WERE PERHAPS INEVITABLE HE WAS BITTERLY CONDEMNED MORE BITTERLY BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES THAN BY THOSE WHO NOW STUDY HIS WORDS AND WORK FOR LOWERING HIS HIGH STANDARD IN REGARD TO SLAVERY
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