...men lived during the Revolution. 12. Franklin, who was a great philosopher, was born in Boston. 13. Hamilton smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. 14. There3 is a pleasure in the pathless woods. 15. The soldiers were brave.3 NOTES AND QUESTIONS....

...magnificent praise bestowed on him by another great American statesman: " He smote the rock of our national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth; he touched the corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet." It is a curious reflection that however...

...characterized Hamilton as "the Colossus of the Federalist party." Daniel Webster said of him : "He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant...touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung to its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva from the brain of Jove was hardly more sudden or more...

...Webster's tribute to the first Secretary of the Treasury has become classic: "He smote the rock of national resources and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth; he touched the dead corpse of public credit and it sprang upon its feet." Certain it is that the growth of our economic prosperity...

...such a time, the whole country perceived with delight, and the whole world saw with admiration. He smote the rock of the National Resources, and abundant...touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva, from the brain of Jove, was hardly more sudden or...

...Nation received with delight, and the whole world saw with admiration. He smote the rock of natural resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of public credit, and it sprang to its feet."" He might have added that prices rose rapidly. The highest...

...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...touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva, from the brain of Jove, was hardly more sudden or...

...overpraise." To his great work as the first Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Webster paid this tribute : " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant...revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of public credit, and it sprang upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva from the brain of Jove was...

...inscription on the monument: "He smote the rock of national resources and abundant streams of revenues gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit and it sprang upon its feet." Bishop Asbury's part in the American Revolution was not contributed to the soldiery, but rather to...

...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...