The film chronicles the life of Daniel Webster, an influential American statesman, orator, and lawyer born in 1782. Initially a sickly child, he pursued education fervently, eventually attending ...

Since George Washington’s first inaugural address, US presidents have used the occasion to inspire and share their vision for ...

Daniel Webster, his secretary of state, had bragged about whittling down the speech, or at least removing numerous references to ancient Roman statesmen. (Several of these references still made it ...