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Quotes from The Devil and Daniel Webster — Stephen Vincent Benét

1898–1943 United States

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Neighbor, how stands the Union?

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)

If two New Hampshiremen aren't a match for the devil, we might as well give the country back to the Indians.

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)

You will have money and all that money can buy.

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)

Finally, it was time for him to get up on his feet, and he did so, all ready to bust out with lightning and denunciations.

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)

For his voice could search the heart, and that was his gift and his strength.

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)

Perhaps 'tis not strictly in accordance with the evidence … but even the damned may salute the eloquence of Mr. Webster.

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)

A soul. A soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No.

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)

When the first wrong was done to the first Indian, I was there. When the first slaver put out for the Congo, I stood on her deck. Am I not in your books and stories and beliefs, from the first settlements on?

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)

He knew that once you bested anybody like Mr. Scratch in fair fight, his power on you was gone. And he could see that Mr. Scratch knew it too.

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)

And when Dan'l Webster finished he didn't know whether or not he'd saved Jabez Stone. But he knew he'd done a miracle. For the glitter was gone from the eyes of the judge and jury, and, for the moment, they were men again, and knew they were men.

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Stephen Vincent Benét (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.