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... John Brown , the Wal- ter Scott , and the Free Religious Association meetings had been printed , probably with Mr. Emerson's consent . The other pieces included by Mr. Cabot , namely , the speeches on Theo- dore Parker , the ...
... John Brown , the Wal- ter Scott , and the Free Religious Association meetings had been printed , probably with Mr. Emerson's consent . The other pieces included by Mr. Cabot , namely , the speeches on Theo- dore Parker , the ...
Page ix
... JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT -- BOSTON 265 XI . JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT - SALEM 275 XII . THEODORE PARKER 283 XIII . AMERICAN CIVILIZATION 295 XIV . THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMA- TION XV . ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT -- BOSTON 265 XI . JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT - SALEM 275 XII . THEODORE PARKER 283 XIII . AMERICAN CIVILIZATION 295 XIV . THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMA- TION XV . ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. REMARKS AT A MEETING FOR THE RELIEF OF THE FAMILY OF JOHN BROWN , AT TREMONT TEMPLE , BOSTON NOVEMBER 18 , 1859 " JOHN BROWN in Kansas settled , like a steadfast JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT BOSTON.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. REMARKS AT A MEETING FOR THE RELIEF OF THE FAMILY OF JOHN BROWN , AT TREMONT TEMPLE , BOSTON NOVEMBER 18 , 1859 " JOHN BROWN in Kansas settled , like a steadfast JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT BOSTON.
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... the curse that blights the land ; · And Old Brown , Osawatomie Brown , Said , Boys , the Lord will aid us ! ' and he shoved his ram- rod down . " EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN , John Brown . MR JOHN BROWN R. CHAIRMAN , AND FELLOW CITI- ZENS.
... the curse that blights the land ; · And Old Brown , Osawatomie Brown , Said , Boys , the Lord will aid us ! ' and he shoved his ram- rod down . " EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN , John Brown . MR JOHN BROWN R. CHAIRMAN , AND FELLOW CITI- ZENS.
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... John Brown is a farmer , the fifth in descent . from Peter Brown , who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower , in 1620. All the six have been farmers . His grandfather , of Simsbury , in Con- necticut , was a captain in the Revolution . His ...
... John Brown is a farmer , the fifth in descent . from Peter Brown , who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower , in 1620. All the six have been farmers . His grandfather , of Simsbury , in Con- necticut , was a captain in the Revolution . His ...
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Page 314 - Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim. Who is the owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him.
Page 611 - Yes: he had lived to shame me from my sneer, To lame my pencil, and confute my pen; To make me own this hind of princes peer, This rail-splitter a true-born king of men.
Page 588 - Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
Page 396 - Boston Hymn READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY I, 1863 The word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor.
Page 216 - Shakespeare was of us, Milton was for us. Burns, Shelley, were with us— they watch from their graves! He alone breaks from the van and the freemen. He alone sinks to the rear and the slaves! We shall march prospering, — not thro...
Page 215 - Of all we loved and honored, naught Save power remains, — A fallen angel's pride of thought, Still strong in chains. All else is gone : from those great eyes The soul has fled : When faith is lost, when honor dies, The man is dead!
Page 598 - I endeavored to act up to that instruction. I say I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons.
Page 598 - 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...
Page 340 - Many loved Truth, and lavished life's best oil Amid the dust of books to find her, Content at last, for guerdon of their toil, With the cast mantle she hath left behind her.
Page 1 - I like a church; I like a cowl; I love a prophet of the soul; And on my heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains, or pensive smiles; Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowled churchman be.