Other men have been more versatile, possessed of a richer imagination, and more gorgeous style, with a more brilliant wit and a keener sarcasm, but there is not one who is so absolutely free from faults of taste as Webster, or who is so uniformly simple and pure in thought and style, even to the point of severity.[1] [Footnote 1: A volume might be written comparing Mr.Webster with other great orators.

Only the briefest and most rudimentary treatment of the subject is possible here.

A most excellent study of the comparative excellence of Webster's eloquence has been made by Judge Chamberlain, Librarian of the Boston Public Library, in a speech at the dinner of the Dartmouth Alumni, which has since been printed as a pamphlet.] It is easy to compare Mr.Webster with this and the other great orator, and to select points of resemblance and of difference, and show where Mr.
Webster was superior and where he fell behind.

But the final verdict must be upon all his qualities taken together.

He had the most extraordinary physical gifts of face, form, and voice, and employed them to the best advantage.