 Again let me speak frankly. Not rashly would I set myself against any requirement of law. This grave responsibility I would not lightly assume. But here the path of duty is clear. By the Supreme Law, which commands me to do no injustice, by the comprehensive...  Charles Sumner - Page 89by Moorfield Storey - 1900 - 466 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Sumner - Fugitive slave law of 1850 - 1852 - 90 pages
...provision of law. This grave responsibility I would not lightly assume. But here the path of duty is clear. By the Supreme Law, which commands me to do no injustice...will endure ; but this great wrong I will not do. " I cannot obey ; but I can suffer, " was the exclamation of the author of Pilgrim's Progress, when... | |
 | 1853 - 688 pages
...provision of law. This grave responsibility I would not lightly assume. But here the path of duty is clear. ut the consecrated oil into thy holy and ever-burning...Spirit of prayer upon thy servants over all the earth 1 render voluntary aid in its execution. Pains and penalties I will endure ; but this great wrong I... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1856 - 736 pages
...provision of law. This grave responsibility I would not lightly assume. But here the path of duty is clear. By the Supreme Law, which commands me to do no injustice;...will endure ; but this great wrong I will not do. " I cannot obey; but I can suffer," was the exclamation of the author of Pilgrim's Progress, when imprisoned... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1856 - 722 pages
...would not lightly assume. But here the path of duty is clear. By the Supreme Law, which commands rue to do no injustice ; by the comprehensive Christian...will endure ; but this great wrong I will not do. " I cannot obey; but I can suffer," was the exclamation of the author of Pilgrim's Progress, when imprisoned... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - 1856 - 348 pages
...provision of law. This grave responsibility I would not lightly assume. But here the path of duty is clear. By the Supreme Law, which commands me to do no injustice...the Constitution, which I have sworn to support ; I AH BOUND TO DISOBEY THIS ACT. Never, in any capacity, can I render voluntary aid in its execution.... | |
 | William Day - Slavery - 1857 - 104 pages
...of law. This grave responsibility I should not lightly assume. But here the path of duty is clear. By the Supreme law, which commands me to do no injustice;...will endure, but this great wrong, I will not do. ' I cannot obey, but I can suffer,' was the exclamation of the author of ' The Pilgrim's Progress,"... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1859 - 356 pages
...provision of law. This grave responsibility I would not lightly assume. But here the path of duty is clear. By the Supreme Law, which commands me to do no injustice...will endure ; b.ut this great wrong I will not do. " I can not obey ; but I can suffer," was the exclamation of the author of Pilgrim's Progress, when... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 pages
...responsibility I would not lightly assume. But 34 THE PATRIOTIC SPEAKER. here the path of duty is clear. By the supreme law, which commands me to do no injustice;...Christian law of brotherhood ; by the Constitution, which 2 have sworn to support, I AM BOUND TO DISOBEY THIS ACT. Never, in any capacity, can I render voluntary... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1871 - 564 pages
...requirement of law. This grave responsibility I would not lightly assume. But here the path of duty is clear. By the Supreme Law, which commands me to do no injustice,...of Brotherhood, by the Constitution, which I have sivorn to support, I AM BOUND TO DISOBEY THIS ACT. Never, in any capacity, can I render voluntary aid... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1871 - 564 pages
...requirement of law. This grave responsibility I would not lightly assume. But here the path of duty is clear. By the Supreme Law, which commands me to do no injustice,...I will endure, but this great wrong I will not do. "Where I cannot obey actively, there I am willing to lie down and to suffer what they shall do unto... | |
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