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Chauncey Depew Biography

Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834 – April 5, 1928) was an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911.

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There have been many Presidents of the United States and the roll will be indefinitely extended. We have had a number of brilliant soldiers, but only one great general.

Extended, Numbers, President, Presidents, Soldier, United

The tomb of the Saviour was a narrow and empty vault, precious only for its memories of the supreme tragedy of the centuries, but the new continent was to be the home and temple of the living God.

Centuries, Home, Memories, Tomb, Tragedy

The walk downstairs to the breakfast table is excercise enough for any gentleman.

Breakfast, Downstairs, Gentleman, Table, Tables

Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations, and preserve the name of Washington, and the century would be renowned.

Actors, Century, Drama, History, Names, Would Be

It was for Columbus, when the right hour struck, forced and propelled by this fresh life, to reveal the land where these new principles were to be brought, and where the awaited trial of the new civilization was to be made.

Awaited, Civilization, Hour, Land, Principles, Struck

There are millions of stories in the world, and several hundred of them good ones.

Hundred, Ones, Several, Stories, World

If we claim heritage in Bacon, Shakespeare and Milton, we also acknowledge that it was for liberties guaranteed Englishmen by sacred charters our fathers triumphantly fought. While wisely rejecting throne and caste and privilege and an Established Church in their new-born state, they adopted the substance of English liberty and the body of English law.

Bacon, Englishmen, Father, Law, Liberty

My dinners have never interfered with my business. They have been my recreation. . . A public banquet, if eaten with thought and care, is no more of a strain than a dinner at home.

Care, Dinner, Dinners, Home, Thought

Neither realism nor romance furnishes a more striking and picturesque figure than that of Christopher Columbus. The mystery about his origin heightens the charm of his story.

Christopher, Columbus, Heightens, Romance, Stories, Story

I get my exercise acting as pallbearer to my friends who exercise.

Acting, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Pallbearer

When Franklin drew the lightning from the clouds, he little dreamed that in the evolution of science his discovery would illuminate the torch of Liberty for France and America. The rays from this beacon, lighting this gateway to the continent, will welcome the poor and the persecuted with the hope and promise of homes and citizenship.

America, Dream, France, Franklin, Home, Science

A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument.

Apt, Illustration, Stories, Story, Witty

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

Decide, Firsts, Motivation, Stay, Steps, Towards

It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epitaphy.

Alive, Epitaphy, Hear, Nice, Taffy

But the closer we study their lives, and the better we know their deeds, the more profound is our admiration and the greater our reverence for the Pilgrim fathers. Between the drafting of their immortal charter of liberty in the cabin of the Mayflower and the fruition of their principles in the power and majesty of the republic of the United States of to-day is but a span in the records of the word, and yet it is the most important and beneficent chapter in history. To be able to claim descent from them, either by birth or adoption, is to glory in kinship with God's nobility.

Adoption, Closer, Father, Mayflower, Profound, Records

As for food, half of my friends have dug their graves with their teeth.

Dieting, Dug, Friends, Graves, Half, Teeth

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