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If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work on brass, time will efface it. If we rear temples, they will crumble to dust. But if we work on mens immortal minds, if we impress on them high principles, the just fear of God, and love for their fellow-men, we engrave on those tablets something which no time can efface, and which will brighten and brighten to all eternity.   Webster, Daniel

Source: DANIEL WEBSTER, secretary of state, speech to the City Council, Boston, Massachusetts, May 22, 1852.The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster, vol. 13, pp. 51819 .Webster served in Congress as a representative from New Hampshire, 18131817, and from Massachusetts, 18231827, and as a senator from Massachusetts, 18271841 and 18451850. · This quote is about uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 October 24, 1852) was a United States Senator and Secretary of State. Famed for his ability as an orator, Webster was one of the most important figures in the Second Party System from the 1820s to the 1850s. Like Henry Clay, he had a predisposition to finding compromises marked by a passionate patriotic devotion to the Union.

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