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Quotation from Second Reply to Hayne by Daniel Webster
“Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves.”
Second Reply to Hayne, Defence of New England, tribute to Massachusetts (The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster, ed. Whipple (1879))
Webster answers Hayne's attacks on New England by pointing simply to his state's history.
Citation: "Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves." — Daniel Webster, Second Reply to Hayne, Defence of New England, tribute to Massachusetts (The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster, ed. Whipple (1879)). (id webster-second-reply-to-hayne-q3)
Virtues: Honor
Portrait: Webster's Reply to Hayne, by Healy (cropped), George Peter Alexander Healy, Public domain.
