Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an Appendix ...R.F. Wallcut, 1852 - 416 pages |
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... threatens there , Is glorious martyrdom ! Then , onward , with a martyr's zeal Press on to thy reward- The hour when man shall only kneel Before his Father GOD ! TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON . BY THOMAS W. HIGGINSON . PREFACE . xi.
... threatens there , Is glorious martyrdom ! Then , onward , with a martyr's zeal Press on to thy reward- The hour when man shall only kneel Before his Father GOD ! TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON . BY THOMAS W. HIGGINSON . PREFACE . xi.
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... fathers . It is remarkable , too , that they are as unit- ed in their respect and esteem for the republic of Hayti . But this is their country- they are resolute against every migratory plot , and willing to rely on the justice of the ...
... fathers . It is remarkable , too , that they are as unit- ed in their respect and esteem for the republic of Hayti . But this is their country- they are resolute against every migratory plot , and willing to rely on the justice of the ...
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... fathers , by the mother country , furnished just cause for rebellion ; that their removal was paramount to every other considera- tion ; and that the slaughter of our oppressors was a justifi- able act ; for we should resist unto blood ...
... fathers , by the mother country , furnished just cause for rebellion ; that their removal was paramount to every other considera- tion ; and that the slaughter of our oppressors was a justifi- able act ; for we should resist unto blood ...
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... fathers is incomplete ; and which , for its magnitude , solemnity , and probable results upon the destiny of the world , as far transcends theirs as moral truth does physical force . In purity of motive , in earnestness of zeal , in ...
... fathers is incomplete ; and which , for its magnitude , solemnity , and probable results upon the destiny of the world , as far transcends theirs as moral truth does physical force . In purity of motive , in earnestness of zeal , in ...
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... fathers were never slaves never bought and sold like cattle never shut out from the light of knowl- edge and religion - never subjected to the lash of brutal taskmasters . - But those , for whose emancipation we are striving- con ...
... fathers were never slaves never bought and sold like cattle never shut out from the light of knowl- edge and religion - never subjected to the lash of brutal taskmasters . - But those , for whose emancipation we are striving- con ...
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Page 140 - Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine ; and she shall be utterly burned with fire : for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Page 251 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 248 - Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said : nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Page 251 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see...
Page 259 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 242 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below"; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Page 139 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying ; Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird...
Page 200 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord...
Page 63 - 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.
Page 38 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.