"From the accession of Henry the Seventh to the breaking out of the civil wars, England enjoyed much greater exemption from war, foreign and domestic, than for a long period before, and during the controversy between the houses of York and Lancaster. These years of peace were favorable to commerce and the arts. Commerce and the arts augmented general and individual knowledge; and knowledge is the only fountain, both of the love and the principles of human liberty."
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Members of the United States SenateAgronomistsUnited States presidential candidates, 1852United States presidential candidates, 1848United States presidential candidates, 1836
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Daniel Webster
1782 – 1852
US-amerikanischer Staatsmann und Jurist
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