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“A man with a mouth like a mastiff, a brow like a mountain and eyes like burning anthracite — that was Dan'l Webster in his prime. And the biggest case he argued never got written down in the books, for he argued it against the devil, nip and tuck and no holds barred. And this is the way I used to hear it told.”

“Historical "Authenticity in Benet's John Brown's Body" by Mary Lynn Richardson”

“I have been in the Place of the Gods and seen it! Now slay me, if it is the law — but still I know they were men.”

“Perhaps 'tis not strictly in accordance with the evidence … but even the damned may salute the eloquence of Mr. Webster.”

“Never have I been so much alone — I tried to think of my knowledge, but it was a squirrel's heap of winter nuts. There was no strength in my knowledge any more and I felt small and naked as a new-hatched bird — alone upon the great river, the servant of the gods.”

“Young Adventure, by Stephen Vincent Benet - Project Gutenberg”