Eulogy: Delivered at the Dedication of the Statue of Daniel Webster in Boston, September 17, 1859

by Edward Everett

Excerpt from Eulogy

Thos. H. Perkins, George Ticknor, Edward Everett, Nathan Appleton, Abbott Lawrence Benj. Seaver, Amos Lawrence, Francis C. Gray, Samuel Lawrence, R. G. Shaw.

106 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2015

About the author

Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, a Whig, served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State. He also taught at Harvard University and served as its president.

Everett was one of the great American orators of the antebellum and Civil War eras. He is often remembered today as the featured orator at the dedication ceremony of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863, where he spoke for over two hours—immediately before President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous two-minute Gettysburg Address.