Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . ep was measured, his speech accurate andalmost painfully slow, his voice deep and sonorous. He spoke like onehaving authority. His old-fashioned blue coat with gilt buttons, yellow waist-coat, and white hat, acquired a dignity for him. The mind of Webster wascolossal: there was an inexpressible grandeur in ils development, which attim
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . ep was measured, his speech accurate andalmost painfully slow, his voice deep and sonorous. He spoke like onehaving authority. His old-fashioned blue coat with gilt buttons, yellow waist-coat, and white hat, acquired a dignity for him. The mind of Webster wascolossal: there was an inexpressible grandeur in ils development, which attimes seemed the incarnation of thought. His speeches are without compari-son the grandest specimens of eloquence which our language, rich as it iswith the spoils of time, contains. We shall seek in vain through the annalsof our literature, for such breadth and comprehensiveness of views, such lucidand artistically beautiful style, such massiveness of imagination, and suchnoble, marked sublimity of thought, as can be found upon almost every pageof his As an impressive orator, a profound lawyer, amasterly diplomatist, a clear expounder of constitutional questions, he stoodconfessedly the greatest statesman of the age. MARTIN VAN BUREN. 557. MARTIN VAN BUREN THE first seven presidents of the United States were all descendants of British ancestors, and all born previous to the Revolution. Mr. Van Buren, theeighth, was of Dutch parentage, and born subsequently to the achievementof our national independence. His ancestors on both sides originally settled inKinderhook, on the banks of the Hudson, where the family still resides. Herehe was born, December 5, 1782. At fourteen he commenced the study of lawin the office of Francis Sylvester, Esq., a lawyer of Kinderhook, and during1m term of study rendered himself well known and popular by his managementof causes in the justices courts of the county. He was, like his father, an ar-dent democrat, and devoted much of his t
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