. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . er lawn, before his house, be-neath the great silver poplar which he loved, now standing no longer, thou-sands came on a beautiful October day in 1852, to look their last upon theface of the ereat statesman whom Theodore Parker described as the grandest o figure in Christendom since Charlemagne. He lay there, banked in flowers, o *—* J dead, beneath the autumn sky. But, from that sad hour to these happierdays of the republics real liberty and real union, the fame of Daniel Websterhas steadily
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . er lawn, before his house, be-neath the great silver poplar which he loved, now standing no longer, thou-sands came on a beautiful October day in 1852, to look their last upon theface of the ereat statesman whom Theodore Parker described as the grandest o figure in Christendom since Charlemagne. He lay there, banked in flowers, o *—* J dead, beneath the autumn sky. But, from that sad hour to these happierdays of the republics real liberty and real union, the fame of Daniel Websterhas steadily increased until the world looks upon him not only as a greatman, but as in the best sense an American, a real son of the republic, a cit-izen of the United States, in the most complete and most enduring meaningof that noble word. Forget his faults, remember his virtues, boys and girls,and be, as long as life shall last, as true an American and as loyal a childof the republic as was Daniel Webster, to whose great heart, mighty brain,and magnetic voice you young Americans of this day owe so
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