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Daniel Webster gives his famous 'Second Reply to Hayne' on 27 January 1830 during the Webster-Hayne debate, painting by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1851. Great Hall at Faneuil Hall, Boston.

Senator Daniel Webster delivers his famous reply to Senator Robert Y. Hayne on 27 January 1830, at the climax of the Webster-Hayne debate, illustration from 363 of The political history of the United States by James Penny Boyd, 1888. Library...

John C. Calhoun, American congressman and vice president in the pre-Civil War era, oil on canvas by George Peter Alexander Healy, c. 1845. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Daniel Webster, or 'Black Dan', who made up one-third of the 'Great Triumvirate' of US congressmen (the other two being Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun), portrait by Francis Alexander, commissioned in honor of his legal defense in Dartmouth...

A photograph of the Salute to the Red Army, a concert held in celebration of the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 21 February 1943. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Anthony Eden (1897-1977...

An official Manchurian seal of the Department of Inspectors at Qitan Fort, Yangshan county, from the late Qing dynasty, 1857. Durham University Oriental Museum.

Broken relief showing the First Sermon of the Buddha, 2nd–3rd century CE. The Buddha is depicted turning the Wheel of Law, with attendants and deer also visible. Peshawar Museum, Pakistan.

A photograph showing German army engineers building a bridge across the Dnieper near Kiev (Kyiv) during Operation Barbarossa, the attack by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) on the USSR from June to December 1941. (German Federal Archives)

Civilian men and women digging defensive anti-tank ditches in Moscow. The Soviet capital was threatened during Operation Barbarossa, the attack by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) on the USSR from June to December 1941.

A photograph showing German troops on horseback passing a destroyed Soviet T-26 tank during Operation Barbarossa, the attack by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) on the USSR from June to December 1941. Horses were used by both sides for want of mechanised...