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Former U.S. Senator

Edward Everett was a prominent figure in American politics, serving as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. A lawyer, orator, and educator, Everett's career spanned several decades, during which he made significant contributions to the political and intellectual life of the United States. He passed away on January 15, 1865.

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Famous Edward Everett Quotes

“The highest historical probability can be adduced in support of the proposition that, if it were possible to annihilate the Bible, and with it all its influences, we should destroy with it the whole spiritual system of the moral world.”

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“An earthly immortality belongs to a great and good character. History embalms it; it lives in its moral influence, in its authority, in its example, in the memory of the words and deeds in which it was manifested; and as every age adds to the illustrations of its efficacy, it may chance to be the best understood by a remote posterity.”

Source: Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions

“There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors were under the influence of a real frenzy.”

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Book:Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions

Source: Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions

“The man who stands upon his own soil, who feels, by the laws of the land in which he lives,-by the laws of civilized nations,-he is the rightful and exclusive owner of the land which he tills, is, by the constitution of our nature, under a wholesome influence, not easily imbibed from any other source.”

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Book:Selections from the Works of Edward Everett: With a Sketch of His Life

Source: Selections from the Works of Edward Everett: With a Sketch of His Life

About the Author

Born: April 11, 1794
Died: January 15, 1865
Known for: Former U.S. Senator
Quotes: 37

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Orations and Speeches on Various OccasionsRelated source material

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Importance of Practical Education and Useful Knowledge: Being a Selection from His Orations and Other DiscoursesRelated source material

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The prospect of reform in Europe [by E. Everett]. From the North Amer. reviewRelated source material

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