Prophet of Liberty: The Life and Times of Wendell Phillips |
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... Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm ; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher ; tell the mother to gradually extricate her baby from the fire into which it has fallen - but urge me ...
... Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm ; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher ; tell the mother to gradually extricate her baby from the fire into which it has fallen - but urge me ...
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... tell the sufferer the possibilities that lie before him , -tell him what I would do in his case , -tell him that what I would do myself I would countenance another in doing , and aid him to the extent of my power . ” 21 The anti ...
... tell the sufferer the possibilities that lie before him , -tell him what I would do in his case , -tell him that what I would do myself I would countenance another in doing , and aid him to the extent of my power . ” 21 The anti ...
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... telling me I shall live not only to be ' fat and forty , ' but fat and scolding at eighty . " But in another letter ... tell her , so much my motive and prompter to every- thing good that I fear , should I lose her , there'd be nothing ...
... telling me I shall live not only to be ' fat and forty , ' but fat and scolding at eighty . " But in another letter ... tell her , so much my motive and prompter to every- thing good that I fear , should I lose her , there'd be nothing ...
Contents
The Revolutionary Tradition | 13 |
A New England Boyhood | 18 |
Harvard Days | 26 |
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