 I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation . . . urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present.  The Negro in Our History - Page 349by Carter Godwin Woodson - 1922 - 393 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - History - 1905 - 692 pages
...number of the Liberator. . The opening address to the public was as ominous as it was characteristic: " I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising...wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. ... I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single... | |
 | Adele Millicent Smith - English language - 1905 - 182 pages
...know their address 15. Welcome welcome Moses well my boy what have you brought us from the farm 16. I am aware that many object to the severity of my language but is there not cause for severity 17. The next question going one step farther back is What has caused this widely-diffused and almost... | |
 | A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. - Social Science - 1998 - 353 pages
...Garrison himself wrote of his crusade in the inaugural issue of his antislavery newspaper The Liberator: "I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice. ... I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will... | |
 | James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton - Social Science - 1998 - 352 pages
...country is the world — Our countrymen are mankind." In the fight against slavery, Garrison said, "I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice ... I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single... | |
 | Kathlyn Gay, Martin Gay - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1998 - 138 pages
...announced, "I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population .... On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch and... | |
 | Hugh Tulloch - History - 1999 - 276 pages
...evangelical impulses. Was Garrison not justified in declaring in his famous Liberator editorial of 1831: I am aware that many object to the severity of my...wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation . . . urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest - I will not equivocate... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 392 pages
...carefully watched. Consider, for example, the famous abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison's 1831 promise: I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising...justice. On this subject I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation. No! No! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm;... | |
 | Gerry Spence - Family & Relationships - 1999 - 392 pages
...PART I We, the People, the New American Slaves Overture / am aware tliat many object to the seventy of my language; but is there not cause for severity?...harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. Chi this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation. TVp.' 'l^o! Tell a man... | |
 | Peter Moore, Tyler - Poetry - 1999 - 638 pages
...and the pursuit of happiness." Immediate and unconditional abolition was the burden of his cry — I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising...justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, to speak, or write, with moderation. ... I am in earnest —I will not equivocate —I will not excuse... | |
 | David K. Adams, Cornelius A. Van Minnen - History - 1999 - 292 pages
...of 'come-outerism' and plain speaking in the first issue of The Liberator, published 1 January 1831: I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising...justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, speak, or write, with moderation . . . I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse... | |
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