...applied to revenue and loans. Well might Webster say of him in lofty praise, " He smote the rock of national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth ; he touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet." On the resignation of Hamilton, January 31, 1795, Washington...

...Ambition — His General Career — His Marriage — His Military and Financial Achievements — " He Smote the Rock of the National Resources and Abundant Streams of Revenue Gushed Forth" — The Career of Aaron Burr — From a Private Soldier of the Revolution to VicePresident of the United...

...applied to revenue and loans. Well might Webster say of him in lofty praise, " He smote the rock of national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth ; he touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet." On the resignation of Hamilton, January 31, 1795, Washington...

...the practical establishment of the public credit ; and exclaim in the language of Daniel Webster, " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth." It is said that at least seven-tenths of all the disbursements of the United States Government take...

...the practical establishment of the public credit ; and exclaim in the language of Daniel Webster, " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth." It is said that at least seven-tenths of all the disbursements of the United States Government take...

...it is to say, "Do not cast pearls before swine." When Daniel Webster said of Alexander Hamilton, " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth; he touched the dead corpse of public credit, and it sprang upon its feet!" he uttered...

...it is to say, "Do not cast pearls before swine." When Daniel Webster said of Alexander Hamilton, " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth; he touched the dead corpse of public credit, and it sprang upon its feet!" he uttered...

...Hamilton, who was at the head of the Treasury during "Washington's administration, Daniel Webster said: " He smote the rock of the National resources, and abundant streams of revenue burst forth ; he touched the dead corpse of public credit and it sprung upon its feet.") At the close...

...which form of expression is the moi-e energetic. When Daniel Webster said of Alexander Hamilton, — " He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant...of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet," — how he would have shorn these sentences of their strength had he removed his metaphors and put...

...had an original and creative genius. " He smote the rock of the national resources," said Webster, "and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He...touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprang upon its feet. The fabled birth of Minerva from the brain of Jupiter was hardly more sudden...