A poem about this man describes him as "A bright soul driven, / fiend-goaded, down the endless dark" and notes that "When faith is lost, when honor dies, / the man is dead!"
A poem about this man describes him as "A bright soul driven, / fiend-goaded, down the endless dark" and notes that "When faith is lost, when honor dies, / the man is dead!" According to another author, this man owns a fishing rod named "Killall" and a pair of horses named Constellation and Constitution. In that story, this man is summoned from Marshfield to Cross Corners, where he gives a speech beginning with "the simple things that everybody's known and felt" that ends by describing "the endless journey of mankind". John Greenleaf Whittier's (*) "Ichabod" is about this man, who is also the namesake of a character who is fed several pounds of quail-shot by a stranger, causing Jim Smiley to lose a contest. For 10 points, name this American politician, the namesake of the "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", who defends Jabez Stone in a Stephen Vincent Benet story that pits him against the devil.
A poem about this man describes him as "A bright soul driven, / fiend-goaded, down the endless dark" and notes that "When faith is lost, when honor dies, / the man is dead!"
Daniel Webster [accept either underlined portion; or Dan'l Webster] &lt;Carson&gt;