Freedom and War: Discourses on Topics Suggested by the TimesThis book contains the author's discourses on secession, the Union, slavery and Christian morality. |
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... matter which the Springfield people could manage . The thought of danger would not have entered into our heads . There would not have been any danger . But in a State where there is such inflammable stuff as slavery , there is danger ...
... matter which the Springfield people could manage . The thought of danger would not have entered into our heads . There would not have been any danger . But in a State where there is such inflammable stuff as slavery , there is danger ...
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... matter not merely of political and secular wisdom , but of Christian conscience , that those that have at heart the welfare of the enslaved should maintain a Christian spirit . This can be done without giving up one word of truth or one ...
... matter not merely of political and secular wisdom , but of Christian conscience , that those that have at heart the welfare of the enslaved should maintain a Christian spirit . This can be done without giving up one word of truth or one ...
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... matter is , that men who tamper with slaves and incite them to discontent are not themselves to be trusted . They are not honest men , unless they are fanatical . If they have their reason , they usually have lost their conscience . I ...
... matter is , that men who tamper with slaves and incite them to discontent are not themselves to be trusted . They are not honest men , unless they are fanatical . If they have their reason , they usually have lost their conscience . I ...
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... matter of gratulation . It should make good men glad when wicked men and wicked nations grow weak . 2. The emergence of the common people to that degree of political power that makes it necessary now for the whole of Western Europe to ...
... matter of gratulation . It should make good men glad when wicked men and wicked nations grow weak . 2. The emergence of the common people to that degree of political power that makes it necessary now for the whole of Western Europe to ...
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... matter how many are with you , if your councils are in the face of divine principles . Peace , regardless of equity , is a treacherous sleep , whose waking is death . It is not half so necessary to have a settlement as it is to have a ...
... matter how many are with you , if your councils are in the face of divine principles . Peace , regardless of equity , is a treacherous sleep , whose waking is death . It is not half so necessary to have a settlement as it is to have a ...
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Page 178 - Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth. that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 57 - And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Page 87 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 86 - Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Page 142 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 1 - Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see. and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Page 414 - But He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Page 113 - The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Page 275 - You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy." But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Page 87 - Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward : but lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it : and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.