When I think of the good he would have accomplished had he survived for twenty years, I can say, in the language of Fisher Ames, "My heart, penetrated with the remembrance of the man, grows liquid as I speak, and I could pour it out like water.
Creswell expresses deep emotion over the potential contributions of a man who passed away too soon.
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My father had dedicated me to the ministry, but the day had gone when such dedications determined the lives of young men.
But there is a courage of Statesmen, besides; and nobly was it illustrated by the statesman whose national services we commemorate to-day.
If we now act promptly the day is ours and the State is safe.
The regular studies were prosecuted with diligence, and from them he derived great profit, not merely in knowledge, but in what is of vastly more account, the habit and power of mental labor.
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