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" He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. "
The Character of Thomas Jefferson: As Exhibited in His Own Writings - Page 222
by Theodore Dwight - 1839 - 371 pages
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The Southern Review, Volume 1

Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1867 - 1204 pages
...rather than as a man. Mr. Webster but uttered the voice of that Party, when he said of Hamilton: ' He smote the rock of the national resources and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet. The fabled...
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Pleasantries about Courts and Lawyers of the State of New York

Charles Edwards - Law - 1867 - 534 pages
...credit, at a time when it was so much needed, he illustrated his subject with that memorable figure, " He smote the rock of the national resources and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth;" and as Mr. Webster said this, he brought his right hand down upon the table to enforce...
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The History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the ...

Jacob Harris Patton - United States - 1868 - 890 pages
...which has continued, in the main, to be that of the government from that day to this. " He was made Secretary of the Treasury ; and how he fulfilled the...national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of' the Public Credit, and it sprang upon its feet." ' la...
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The Dutch Reformation: A History of the Struggle in the Netherlands for ...

William Carlos Martyn - Netherlands - 1868 - 896 pages
...stores were collected, ammunition was heaped up, fortifications were repaired and strengthened. Orange " smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the corpse of public credit, and it sprang upon its feet." The seizure of...
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Treasury of Choice Quotations

Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...linger and play on its summit. Address on Laying tht Corner-Stone of Hie Bunher Hill Monument, 1825. He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.* Speech on...
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The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the ..., Volumes 49-50

Law - 1894 - 922 pages
...a complex dual government, the subject of a wide difference of opinion among wise men, as Hamilton "smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth," Marshall breathed on the dry bones of the Federal Constitution life and vigor, rescued...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ...

John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...linger and play on its Summit. Address on Laying the Corner-Stone of the Bunher Hill Monument, 1825. He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.1 Speech on...
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Familiar Quotations ...

John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...linger and play on its Summit. Address on Laying the Corner-Stone oftJu Bunker Hill Monument, 1825. He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.1 Speech on...
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Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ...

Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 pages
...that post which was infinitely the most important in the administration of the new system. He was made Secretary of the Treasury ; and how he fulfilled the...national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. Ple touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprang upon its feet. The fabled...
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General Rules for Punctuation and for the Use of Capital Letters

Adams Sherman Hill - English language - 1876 - 40 pages
...was a lock on the door, hut the key was gone. (c) The lock went hard, yet the key did open it. (c) He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. (d) See...
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