. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . merican; I live an American ; I shall die an American,quoted Roger. That was in a speech soon after the famous /th of March oration thatso clouded his fame, explained Uncle Tom, and it explains much in hiscareer. For that was his creed, andto advance the interests of Americawas his chief desire. Indeed, he wasin his way a type of American great-ness. He was great himself, physi-cally and intellectually. He lovedgreat things: this view, over marshand sea, and farm and forest, especi-ally appeal
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . merican; I live an American ; I shall die an American,quoted Roger. That was in a speech soon after the famous /th of March oration thatso clouded his fame, explained Uncle Tom, and it explains much in hiscareer. For that was his creed, andto advance the interests of Americawas his chief desire. Indeed, he wasin his way a type of American great-ness. He was great himself, physi-cally and intellectually. He lovedgreat things: this view, over marshand sea, and farm and forest, especi-ally appealed to him — It is great, exclaimed Jack, ap-preciatively. He loved bigness in every-thing— big farms, big trees, bigcattle, mountains, Niagara, the ocean;and for that reason, as I have said,he could stand nothing small or sec- tional or local in American life. He CHAIR AND the Union as a whole; he be- NOW at Marshfkid. lieved in and labored for its immense possibility; and in trying to preserveit unbroken, he made what at the time appeared to be the great mistake. 46 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS of his life. But the lapse of years creates a new standpoint, you know, andas we look back on Websters life and Websters work, we can see that all,even what men counted as his error, worked to a good end. •i- ,- . -J^BS^<,- ^**~/:^
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