 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 70 páginas
...all he was and could. Then were spoken those words which, in themselves, are his immortal monument : "I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard." Oh ! see his faith ; see his absolute trust in Eternal Truth. And now the... | |
 | 1879 - 422 páginas
...free by presidential proclamation. Thus wondrously did he fulfill his own prophetic announcement : "I am in earnest. I will not equivocate. I will not excuse. I will not retreat a single inch ; and I will be heard!*' In his youth, Garrison was a pronounced politician of the Newburyport whig,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 72 páginas
...he was and could. Then were spoken those words which, in themselves, are his immortal monument : " I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse— I will not retreat-a single inch — and I will be heard." Oh I see his faith; see his absolute trust in Eternal... | |
 | Oliver Johnson - 1879 - 458 páginas
...publication of "The Liberator," advocating the immediate abolition of slavery; and, with the sublime pledge, "I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to speak or write with moderation. I will not equivocate—I will not... | |
 | 1879 - 996 páginas
...he added, " that many object to the severity of my language ; but is there not cause for severity ? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject 42 [ do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation. . . I am in earnest... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 72 páginas
...of the " Liberator," advocating the immediate abolition of slavery ; and, with the sublime pledge, " I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to speak or write with moderation. I will not equivocate — I will not... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1880 - 402 páginas
...the fire into which it has fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I...not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch, — and / will be heard! The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | Nathan Crosby - 1880 - 42 páginas
...determined and aggressive. He proclaimed that his " country was the world and his countrymen all mankind." "I am in earnest ; I will not equivocate ; I will not excuse ; I will not retract a single inch, and I will be heard." We all know how he pursued his purposes, how he kept his... | |
 | Essex Institute - 1880 - 376 páginas
...determined and aggressive. He ' proclaimed that his " country was the world and his countrymen all mankind." "I am in earnest ; I will not equivocate ; I will not excuse ; I will not retract a single inch, and I will be heard." We all know how he pursued his purposes, how he kept his... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1882 - 790 páginas
..." I am aware that many object to the severity of my language ; but is there not cause for severity? 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. No ! no ! Tell a man whose... | |
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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. 
