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... New Outlook - 7 psl.1909Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| Charles Francis Richardson - 1889 - 572 psl.
...questions. Again, he was the Secretary of the Treasury of whom Webster said, in orotund phrase : " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant...He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet." Hence Hamilton wrote on finance, from which, by an easy step, he turned to themes... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency - 1932 - 618 psl.
...Nation received with delight, and the whole world saw with admiration. He smote the rock of natural resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed...touched the dead corpse of public credit, and it sprang to its feet."" He might have added that prices rose rapidly. The highest prices of this period occurred... | |
| 1893 - 694 psl.
...a time, the whole country perceived with delight and the whole world saw with admiration. He sraote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams...revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva, from the brain of Jove,... | |
| 1861 - 810 psl.
...preside over a depleted treasury, renewed the miracle attributed by Webster to Alexander Hamilton : " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant...streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead body of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet." Desperate as our situation seemed, capitalists... | |
| 1917 - 824 psl.
...first Secretary: "He smote the rock of our national resources and an abundant stream of revenue burst forth. He touched the dead corpse of public credit and it sprang upon its feet." Of McAdoo it might be said, "He smote the generous stream of our national revenues and the barren wall... | |
| 1893 - 650 psl.
...slavery introduced into the United States, and when and how was it abolished? 2. Of whom was it raid, "He touched the dead corpse of ••^ public credit and it sprang upon its feet," and what does the saying mean ? 3. What political party was in power when the homestead law was enacted?... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs - 1957 - 72 psl.
...monument in front of the main building of the United States Treasury in Washington, which states : "He smote the rock of the national resources and abundant...revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit and it sprang upon its feet." The simple fact is that the United States already owns... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1957 - 866 psl.
...monument in front of the main building of the United States Treasury in Washington, which states : He smote the rock of the national resources and abundant...revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit and It sprung upon its feet. The simple fact is that the United States already owns... | |
| New York State Bar Association - 1904 - 604 psl.
...that he possessed to a degree unsurpassed among lawyers. He said himself of Alexander Hamilton — " He smote the rock of the national resources and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth." It may justly be said of Webster that he touched the constitutional framework the fathers constructed... | |
| Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1917 - 368 psl.
...and Alexander Hamilton of New York,, the first Secretary of the Treasury, of whom Daniel Webster said "He smote the rock of the national resources and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth," suggested to Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Secretary of State, that if the South would agree that the... | |
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