Echoes of Harper's Ferry ...James Redpath A collection of anti-slavery papers, poems, etc., commemorative of John Brown. |
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... mind . And now , sincerely repeating the toast of sturdy Sam . Johnson , " Success to the next Negro Insurrection ! " I commit my collection to the careful study of the young men with hearts and heads in the Northern United States . The ...
... mind . And now , sincerely repeating the toast of sturdy Sam . Johnson , " Success to the next Negro Insurrection ! " I commit my collection to the careful study of the young men with hearts and heads in the Northern United States . The ...
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... occupied their minds , he would , perhaps , take his compass and one of his sons , and proceed to run an imaginary line right through the very spot on which that conclave had assembled , and when he came up Henry D. Thoreau , 21.
... occupied their minds , he would , perhaps , take his compass and one of his sons , and proceed to run an imaginary line right through the very spot on which that conclave had assembled , and when he came up Henry D. Thoreau , 21.
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... mind , and the whole heart , are not represented . A semi - human tiger or ox , stalking over the earth , with its heart taken out and the top of its brain shot away . Heroes have fought well on their stumps when their legs were shot ...
... mind , and the whole heart , are not represented . A semi - human tiger or ox , stalking over the earth , with its heart taken out and the top of its brain shot away . Heroes have fought well on their stumps when their legs were shot ...
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... , against the light within you ? Is it for you to make up your mind . whatever - -to form any resolution and not accept the convictions that are forced upon you , and which ever pass your understanding ? I 40 Henry D. Thoreau .
... , against the light within you ? Is it for you to make up your mind . whatever - -to form any resolution and not accept the convictions that are forced upon you , and which ever pass your understanding ? I 40 Henry D. Thoreau .
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... mind of these Northern States . Anacharsis went into the forum at Athens , and heard a case argued by the great minds of the day , and saw the vote . He walked out into the streets , and somebody said to him , " What think you of ...
... mind of these Northern States . Anacharsis went into the forum at Athens , and heard a case argued by the great minds of the day , and saw the vote . He walked out into the streets , and somebody said to him , " What think you of ...
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Page 394 - Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
Page 334 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Page 409 - I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! •3. There let the way appear, Steps unto heaven ; All that thou sendest me, In mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! 4.
Page 140 - 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, was not 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 country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments — I submit ; so let it be done, Let me say one word further.
Page 443 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 409 - NEARER, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall be, — Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee...
Page 228 - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Page 438 - The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust.
Page 211 - His truth, they shook off this yoke of antichristian bondage, and as the Lord's free people joined themselves (by a covenant of the Lord) into a church estate, in the fellowship of the gospel, to walk in all His ways made known, or to be made known unto them, according to their best endeavours, whatsoever it should cost them, the Lord assisting them.8 And that it cost them something this ensuing history will declare.
Page 214 - Thus saith the LORD ; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor : and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.