The new abolitionists, a narrative of a year's work, an account of the mission undertaken by mrs. Josephine E. Butler, and of the events subsequent thereupon |
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... feeling that a new era was dawning upon the whole movement which could only lead to the final triumph of the cause of justice and morality , far beyond the limits of this country . It is not intended here to record the progress of the ...
... feeling that a new era was dawning upon the whole movement which could only lead to the final triumph of the cause of justice and morality , far beyond the limits of this country . It is not intended here to record the progress of the ...
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... feels itself so strongly bound by ties which have acquired added strength in the years just gone by - should also be delivered from this scourge , which corrupts the morality of nations , and which is undoubtedly increased by the ...
... feels itself so strongly bound by ties which have acquired added strength in the years just gone by - should also be delivered from this scourge , which corrupts the morality of nations , and which is undoubtedly increased by the ...
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... feeling assured that divine power alone could sus- tain and carry her through the momentous and arduous undertaking . They felt indeed that His truth would be her shield and buckler , that He would enable her to tread upon the lion and ...
... feeling assured that divine power alone could sus- tain and carry her through the momentous and arduous undertaking . They felt indeed that His truth would be her shield and buckler , that He would enable her to tread upon the lion and ...
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... Lepoids appeared to express the feel- ing of all present , when he uttered a short prayer , which sounded like a cry to God ; a cry of pain , but of pain tem- pered by dependence upon Heaven . The good pastor spoke 3.
... Lepoids appeared to express the feel- ing of all present , when he uttered a short prayer , which sounded like a cry to God ; a cry of pain , but of pain tem- pered by dependence upon Heaven . The good pastor spoke 3.
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... feel the cold horribly . " To Mr. Stansfeld . " Antibes , Dec. " I should like our friends to know how much the ... feeling of suspense , of expectation , almost of discomfort , in the belief that action , and aggressive action , ought ...
... feel the cold horribly . " To Mr. Stansfeld . " Antibes , Dec. " I should like our friends to know how much the ... feeling of suspense , of expectation , almost of discomfort , in the belief that action , and aggressive action , ought ...
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Page 9 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder : The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Page 187 - ... from the North and from the South, from the East and from the West, all anxious to join as members of one nation for the good of our country.
Page 200 - I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall. But I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
Page 9 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Page 200 - 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 200 - It is the failure to apprehend this great truth that induces so many unsuccessful attempts at final compromise between the slave and free States, and it is the existence of this great fact that renders all such pretended compromises> when made, vain and ephemeral.
Page 52 - to whom a thousand years are but as one day, and one day as a thousand years...
Page 57 - ... mission, to conquer and subdue the earth, and space too, and time, and all things, — even, hardest of all tasks, yourselves, my cunning brothers ; ever learning some fresh lesson, except that hardest one of all, that it is the Spirit of God which giveth you understanding. Yes, great railroads, and great railroad age, who would exchange you, with all your sins, for any other time? For swiftly as rushes matter, more swiftly rushes mind ; more swiftly still rushes the heavenly dawn up the eastern...
Page 93 - Then the words came back to me : — ' I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it.
Page 92 - Much more, and in a far more awful sense, does abused womanhood become the fiery scourge, the torment, and the tyrant of the men who systematically outrage, in her. God's best gift. Just so far as the soul of a woman is above all inanimate things which are susceptible of abuse, so far is the punishment of the man who outrages it increased. It is true he does not become the slave of the woman, but merely of the female. Yet. inasmuch as she is not a mere inanimate thing, like intoxicating drink, nor...