At the dedication of the Bunker Hill monument, when it appeared
that an accident was imminent by the surging of the crowds
against the speakers’ platform, Webster requested the people
to kindly move back. A man in the crowd answered back: “It is
impossible!” Thereupon the great Massachusetts statesman cried
out: “Impossible! Impossible! Nothing is impossible on Bunker
Hill!”--CHARLES E. LOCKE.
(1553)