I Thank God, That If I Am Gifted With Little Of The Spirit Which Is Able To Raise Mortals To The Skies, I Have Yet None, As I Trust, Of That Other Spirit Which Would Drag Angels Down.

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I thank God, that if I am gifted with little of the spirit which is
able to raise mortals to the skies, I have yet none, as I trust, of
that other spirit which would drag angels down.
-- Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
-- Second Speech on Foot's Resolution, Jan. 26, 1830, p. 316

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