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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC01946.28
From Archive Folder	Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster
Title	Daniel Webster to Harriette Story Paige discussing the scriptures
Date	27 March 1844
Author	Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
Recipient	Paige, Harriette Story
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Describes a service he attended the previous evening to his sister-in-law. Discusses the form used in the book of Habakkuk, stating that the "passages ... present ... a remarkable instance of the Hebrew form of Poetic composition." Quotes 3 Habakkuk, verses 17 and 18. Suggests Harriette read Bishop Lowth's writings on Hebrew Poetry, which for Webster "opened ... quite a new view of the beauties of the prophetical & practical parts of the Old Testament." Signed and docketed on the back by Paige.
Subjects	Religion Judaism Poetry Literature and Language Arts Women's History
People	Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Paige, Harriette Story (1806-1863) Lowth, Robert (1710-1787)
Theme	Arts & Literature; Religion
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Bishop Robert Lowth was noted for writing biographies and publications on language and grammar in the eighteenth century.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Mar: 27. 44 My Dear Harriette The passages which were used last evening from [Halakhah] are only beautiful & striking, both in sentiment & imagery, but they present, also, a remarkable instance of the Hebrew form of Poetic composition. This composition is often in lines, or sentences, with alterations, or repetitions, producing something like [illegible] as; two, or three, or more ideas being placed together, & expressed in a sort of stanza. The 17 & 18 verses of the III Ch: of Halakhah may be thus presented: "Altho' the fig tree shall not blossom, "Neither shall fruit be in the vines; "The labor of the Olive shall fail, "And the fields shall yield no meat; "The flock shall be cut off from the fold, "And there shall be no herd in the stalls; [2] yet "Yet, I will rejoice in the Lord, "I will joy in the God of my Salvation. If you have not read Bishop Lowths [Protections] on Hebrew Poetry, let me commend its [perusal] to you. It opened to me, some years ago, quite a new view of the beauties of the prophetical & practical parts of the Old Testament. Yours most affectionately Daniel Webster Mrs Paige [Docket] Mr. Webster left the Enclosed, [struck: if a Monday Mn'g] [inserted: for me], having written it previous to his very early departure in the morning, before I was down - referring to passages in Scripture read the (Sunday) evening preceding H.S. Paige

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