Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an Appendix ...R.F. Wallcut, 1852 - 416 pages |
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... matter , and eminently productive . It neither ends in abortion nor pro- duces monsters . In truth , it is often so difficult in the slave States to distinguish between the fruits of this intercourse and the children of white parents ...
... matter , and eminently productive . It neither ends in abortion nor pro- duces monsters . In truth , it is often so difficult in the slave States to distinguish between the fruits of this intercourse and the children of white parents ...
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... matter can be annihilated . It may disappear for a time ; but it lives in some shape or other , in some place or other , and will rise with renovated strength . Let us , then , be up and doing . In the simple and stirring language of ...
... matter can be annihilated . It may disappear for a time ; but it lives in some shape or other , in some place or other , and will rise with renovated strength . Let us , then , be up and doing . In the simple and stirring language of ...
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... matter . In fact , nothing is more terribly distinct than its career ; it leaves its impress on every thing it touches , whether physi cal , mental , or moral . Why , then , not look it in the face ? Why look any where else ? Is it not ...
... matter . In fact , nothing is more terribly distinct than its career ; it leaves its impress on every thing it touches , whether physi cal , mental , or moral . Why , then , not look it in the face ? Why look any where else ? Is it not ...
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... matter of fact ; and the second was , to inculcate upon Christians their obligation to lead quiet and peaceable lives , not to be seditious , ' patriotic , ' or revenge- ful , however cruel the despot or tyrannical the control . He ...
... matter of fact ; and the second was , to inculcate upon Christians their obligation to lead quiet and peaceable lives , not to be seditious , ' patriotic , ' or revenge- ful , however cruel the despot or tyrannical the control . He ...
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... day of the week as the Sabbath , are despotic , unconstitutional , and ought to be immediately abrogated ; and that the interference of the State , in matters of religious faith and ceremonies , 100 SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF.
... day of the week as the Sabbath , are despotic , unconstitutional , and ought to be immediately abrogated ; and that the interference of the State , in matters of religious faith and ceremonies , 100 SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF.
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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.