 | 1827 - 590 pages
...! ' A superior and commanding intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a {rift, is not a temporary flame — burning bright for a...then expiring ; giving place to returning darkness, ft is rather a spark of fervent heat, as well as radiant light, with power to enkindle the common mass... | |
 | Theology - 1827 - 684 pages
...nature and effect, pp. 184, 185 — Knapp. A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary...returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent beat, as well as radi212 1827.] 213 an- light, with power to enkindle the common mass of human mind... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...country, but throughout the civilized world. A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary...returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent 72 heat, as well as radiant light, with power to enkindle the common mass of human mind; so that when... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...country, but throughout the civilized world. A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary...then expiring, giving place to returning darkness. It ia rather a spark of fervent 72 heat, as well as radiant light, with power to enkindle the common mass... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...country, but throughout the civilized world. A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary...burning bright for a while, and then expiring, giving plaee to returning darkness. It is rather a epark of fervent heat, as well as radiant light, with power... | |
 | Daniel Webster, James Rees - Orators - 1839 - 108 pages
...country, but throughout the civilized world. A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning bright for awhile, and then expiring, giving ^>lace to returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent heat,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...follows ; but it leaves the world all A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning bright for a while, and then 20 light, all on fire, from the potent contact of its own spirit. the touch of his miraculous wand,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 pages
...civilized world. A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafe? so rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning bright for a while, and then 15 expiring, giving place to returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent heat, as well as radiant... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...civilized world. A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes =;o rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning bright for a while, and then 15 expiring, giving place to returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent heat, as well as radiant... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 634 pages
...country, but throughout the civilized world. A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning brightly for a while, and then giving place to returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent... | |
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A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning brightly for a while, and then giving place to returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent heat, as well as... 
