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Lanier, in language more intricate and tropical, exclaimed of his "dim sweet" woods: "Ye held me fast in your heart, and I held you fast in mine." Webster wielded the vital union between his nature and that of the land not only by profound sentiment, but by a vigorous physical grappling with the soil. LANEER IN LANGUAGE MORE INTRICATE AND TROPICAL CLAIMED OF HIS DIM SWEET WOODS HE HELD ME FAST IN YOUR HEART AND I HELD YOU FAST IN MINE WEBSTER WIELDED THE VITAL UNION BETWEEN HIS NATURE AND THAT OF THE LAND NOT ONLY BY PROFOUND SENTIMENT BUT BY A VIGOROUS PHYSICAL GRAPPLING WITH THE SOIL
t is so. [Illustration] CHAPTER VIII MARSHFIELD, THE HOME OF DANIEL WEBSTER [Illustration] Ye marshes, how candid and simple and nothing-withholding and free! Ye publish yourselves to the sky and offer yourselves to the sea! Tolerant plains, that suffer the sea and the rains and the sun, Ye spread and span like the catholic man who hath mightily won God out of knowledge, and good out of infinite pain, And sight out of blindness, and purity out of a stain. It was these mighty marshes--this ample sweep of grass, of sea and sky--this vast earthly and heavenly spaciousness that must forever stand to all New Englanders as a background to the powerful personality who chose it as his own home. Daniel Webster, when his eyes first turned to this infinite reach of largeness, instinctively knew it as the place where his splendid senses would find satisfaction, and his splendid mind would soar into an even loftier freedom. Webster loved Marshfield with an intensity that made it peculiarly his own. OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY K HAND CHAPTER EIGHT MARSHFIELD THE HOME OF DANIEL WEBSTER YE MARSHES HOW CANDID AND SIMPLE AND NOTHING WITHHOLDING AND FREE YOU PUBLISH YOURSELVES TO THE SKY AND OFFER YOURSELVES TO THE SEA TOLERANT PLAINS THAT SUFFER THE SEA AND THE RAINS AND THE SUN YE SPREAD AND SPAN LIKE THE CATHOLIC MAN WHO HATH MIGHTILY WON GOD OUT OF KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD OUT OF INFINITE PAIN AND SIGHT OUT OF BLINDNESS AND PURITY OUT OF A STAIN IT WAS THESE MIGHTY MARSHES THIS AMPLE SWEEP OF GRASS OF SKY AND SEA THIS VAST EARTHLY AND HEAVENLY SPACIOUSNESS THAT MUST FOREVER STAND TO ALL NEW ENGLANDERS AS A BACKGROUND TO THE POWERFUL PERSONALITY WHO CHOSE IT AS HIS OWN HOME DANIEL WEBSTER WHEN HIS EYES FIRST TURNED TO THIS INFINITE REACH OF LARGENESS INSTINCTIVELY KNEW IT AS THE PLACE WHERE HIS SPLENDID SENSES WOULD FIND SATISFACTION AND HIS SPLENDID MIND WOULD SOAR INTO AN EVEN LOFTIER FREEDOM WEBSTER LOVED MARSFIELD WITH AN INTENSITY THAT MADE IT PECULIARLY HIS OWN
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