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title: "3 Webster Orator Quotes by 1 author"
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> [“I delight to come to my bearings,—not walk in procession with pomp and parade, in a conspicuous place, but to walk even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-delight-to-come-to-my-bearings-not-walk-in-procession-with-pomp-and/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/god-is-only-the-president-of-the-day-and-webster-is-his-orator/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody. God is only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/what-are-men-celebrating-they-are-all-on-a-committee-of-arrangements/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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