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 . the differences between him and Ed-wards was in the manner of approaching a point of controversy. The greatdivine who gave to metaphysics so much of the exactness and certainty ofmathematics, assailed the central proposition of his antagonist cautiously, andby various trains of reasoning, each of which seemed conclusive, but all ofwhi
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 . the differences between him and Ed-wards was in the manner of approaching a point of controversy. The greatdivine who gave to metaphysics so much of the exactness and certainty ofmathematics, assailed the central proposition of his antagonist cautiously, andby various trains of reasoning, each of which seemed conclusive, but all ofwhich, starting at different points and ending in the same result, were over-whelming. Mr. Calhoun, on the contrary, fixed his eye at once upon the es-sential issue, and upon this expended his whole force; and his clear and skil-ful analysis and rapid generalization were not unworthy of that great master oflogic, to whom in perspicuousness of arrangement and in the hard polish ofhis diction he was frequently superior. No man ever sustained a higher reputation than Mr. Calhoun in privatelife ; and in society, with which he mixed but little, few were more distinguishedfor conversational abilities or graceful dignity and kindness of manners. 552 DANIEL DANIEL WEBSTER. DANIEL WEBSTER was born in the town of Salisbury, New Hampshire,January 18, 1782. His father, Major Ebenezer Webster, was one of the pio-neers of the settlement in that quarter. He served with credit in the oldFrench war, and also in the war of the Revolution, especially under Stark, atBennington. Major Webster established himself in a newly-granted townshipat the confluence of the Winnipisiogee and Pemigewasset rivers, after thepeace of 1763. In this region, then lying almost in a state of nature, the greatorator and statesman was born, and passed the first years of his life. Hisopportunities of education were such as the common-schools of New England atthat day afforded, and the instruction of his mother, wh
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