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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... natural that every effort should be made to enlarge the proportions of this escapade , that they may hide their weakness and incompetency behind a smartly upblown horror ! No one doubts the bravery of Virginians ! It needs no praising ...
... natural that every effort should be made to enlarge the proportions of this escapade , that they may hide their weakness and incompetency behind a smartly upblown horror ! No one doubts the bravery of Virginians ! It needs no praising ...
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... natural processes . Slaves cannot but feel the uni- versal summer of civilization . In this way they must come to restless yearnings . We cannot help that , It is God's sign that and would not if we could . spring has come to them . The ...
... natural processes . Slaves cannot but feel the uni- versal summer of civilization . In this way they must come to restless yearnings . We cannot help that , It is God's sign that and would not if we could . spring has come to them . The ...
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... natural right of any slave who has manhood enough to resent even tolerant bondage . We are not speaking of the remedy for individuals , remedy for the whole system . Four million men can- not run away , until God sends ten Egyptian ...
... natural right of any slave who has manhood enough to resent even tolerant bondage . We are not speaking of the remedy for individuals , remedy for the whole system . Four million men can- not run away , until God sends ten Egyptian ...
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... natural causes , so largely through reasons as broad as nations , that it will be apparent to all men that God led on the emancipation ; man being only one element among the many . Therefore , we have every encouragement to direct our ...
... natural causes , so largely through reasons as broad as nations , that it will be apparent to all men that God led on the emancipation ; man being only one element among the many . Therefore , we have every encouragement to direct our ...
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... Natural Laws . God's will in nature and in human society is the source of human strength and human wisdom . No matter how many are with you , if your councils are in the face of divine principles . Peace , regardless of equity , is a ...
... Natural Laws . God's will in nature and in human society is the source of human strength and human wisdom . No matter how many are with you , if your councils are in the face of divine principles . Peace , regardless of equity , is 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.