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{{cquote|I think Flanagan had the courage to do that which most of us were too cowardly to do.|||Roscoe Conkling, June 1880}}
{{cquote|I think Flanagan had the courage to do that which most of us were too cowardly to do.|||Roscoe Conkling, June 1880}}
Two decades later, [[U.S. Supreme Court]] justice [[David Brewer]] listed Flanagan's "What are we here for" speech among "The World's Best Orations."<ref>Brewer, David J. (1900). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_World_s_Best_Orations/fA3FmZ0sZt4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=webster+flanagan+stalwart&pg=PA4004&printsec=frontcover The World's Best Orations], p. 4,004. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 25, 2023.</ref>
In 1883, when Flanagan traveled to [[Washington, D.C.]], ''[[The New York Times]]'' humorous commented that "the inquiry arises, 'What is he there for?'"<ref>December 18, 1883. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/12/18/106267924.pdf What Mr. Flanagan Is Said To Be For.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 25, 2023.</ref> The following year, the ''Times'', again noting his famous 1880 speech, reported that Flanagan received a patronage appointment by President [[Chester A. Arthur]] for Collector of Internal Service for the Fourth District of Texas.<ref>July 24, 1884. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1884/07/24/106282489.pdf Flanagan Rewarded.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 25, 2023.</ref>
Two decades following the 1880 Republican National Convention, [[U.S. Supreme Court]] justice [[David Brewer]] listed Flanagan's "What are we here for" speech among "The World's Best Orations."<ref>Brewer, David J. (1900). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_World_s_Best_Orations/fA3FmZ0sZt4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=webster+flanagan+stalwart&pg=PA4004&printsec=frontcover The World's Best Orations], p. 4,004. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 25, 2023.</ref>
==Later life and death==
==Later life and death==