William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879: 1841-1860Century Company, 1889 - Abolitionists |
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... mind . In fact , Phelps's ' priestly candor and magnanimity " proved more injuri- ous than Colver's and Torrey's combined defamation , and May 2 , 1841 , caused great temporary damage abroad . 66 Ante , 2 : 289 . MSS . Apr. 3 , 1841 ...
... mind . In fact , Phelps's ' priestly candor and magnanimity " proved more injuri- ous than Colver's and Torrey's combined defamation , and May 2 , 1841 , caused great temporary damage abroad . 66 Ante , 2 : 289 . MSS . Apr. 3 , 1841 ...
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... minds by clerical opposition to reform . Cf.ante , 1 : 463 , note 2 . The sonnet on " Holy Time " is a reflection of the poem , Ante , 2 : 153 . " True Rest . " We cite the close of it : Dear is the Christian Sabbath to my heart , Bound ...
... minds by clerical opposition to reform . Cf.ante , 1 : 463 , note 2 . The sonnet on " Holy Time " is a reflection of the poem , Ante , 2 : 153 . " True Rest . " We cite the close of it : Dear is the Christian Sabbath to my heart , Bound ...
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... mind and strength , and to love their neighbor as themselves ! Whether ' total abstinence ' from all sin is not as obligatory as it is from any one sin ! " We feel authorized to refer to this subject , not only as a public journalist ...
... mind and strength , and to love their neighbor as themselves ! Whether ' total abstinence ' from all sin is not as obligatory as it is from any one sin ! " We feel authorized to refer to this subject , not only as a public journalist ...
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... mind . So , also , if a tithe of the allegations that have been brought against the abolitionists by their enemies be true , they are a body of madmen , incen- diaries , and cut - throats . We know how to make allowance for calumny in ...
... mind . So , also , if a tithe of the allegations that have been brought against the abolitionists by their enemies be true , they are a body of madmen , incen- diaries , and cut - throats . We know how to make allowance for calumny in ...
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... minds of those who listened to him , and to prepare them for the speedy coming of the Son of Man Lib . 13:23 , ( an event , by the way , which we believe transpired eighteen hundred years ago ) , 1 he warns them to beware of those who ...
... minds of those who listened to him , and to prepare them for the speedy coming of the Son of Man Lib . 13:23 , ( an event , by the way , which we believe transpired eighteen hundred years ago ) , 1 he warns them to beware of those who ...
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Page 94 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Page 403 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 491 - I believe that to have interfered as I have done, as I have always freely admitted I have done, in behalf of his despised poor, I did no wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave...
Page 52 - We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us : for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves...
Page 420 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 106 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain ; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Page 490 - I have, may it please the Court, a few words to say. "In the first place, I deny everything but what I have all along admitted, — the design on my part to free the slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clean thing of that matter, as I did last winter, when I went into Missouri and there took slaves without the snapping of a gun either side, moved them through the country, and finally left them in Canada.
Page 106 - For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people...
Page 53 - And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Page 490 - ... them in Canada. I designed to have done the same thing again, on a larger scale. That was all I intended. I never did intend murder, or treason, or the destruction of property, or to excite or incite slaves to rebellion, or to make insurrection.