The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: MiscellaniesHoughton, Mifflin, 1911 |
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Page 100
... slavery seems to its opponent to have but one side , and he feels that none but a stupid or a malignant person can hesitate on a view of the facts . Under such an impulse , I was about to say , If any cannot speak , or cannot hear the ...
... slavery seems to its opponent to have but one side , and he feels that none but a stupid or a malignant person can hesitate on a view of the facts . Under such an impulse , I was about to say , If any cannot speak , or cannot hear the ...
Page 102
... slavery has been . These men , our benefactors , as they are pro- ducers of corn and wine , of coffee , of tobacco , of cotton , of sugar , of rum and brandy ; gentle and joyous themselves , and producers of comfort and luxury for the ...
... slavery has been . These men , our benefactors , as they are pro- ducers of corn and wine , of coffee , of tobacco , of cotton , of sugar , of rum and brandy ; gentle and joyous themselves , and producers of comfort and luxury for the ...
Page 104
... slavery it runs cold in the veins the stom- ach rises with disgust , and curses slavery . Well , so it happened ; a good man or woman , a coun- try boy or girl , it would so fall out , — once in a while saw these injuries and had the ...
... slavery it runs cold in the veins the stom- ach rises with disgust , and curses slavery . Well , so it happened ; a good man or woman , a coun- try boy or girl , it would so fall out , — once in a while saw these injuries and had the ...
Page 106
... of positive law , long after all traces of the occasion , reason , authority and time of its introduction , are lost ; and in a case so odious as the condition of slaves , must be taken strictly ( tracing the 106 WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
... of positive law , long after all traces of the occasion , reason , authority and time of its introduction , are lost ; and in a case so odious as the condition of slaves , must be taken strictly ( tracing the 106 WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
Page 107
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. of slaves , must be taken strictly ( tracing the subject to natural principles , the claim of slavery never can be supported ) . The power claimed by this return never was in use here . We cannot ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. of slaves , must be taken strictly ( tracing the subject to natural principles , the claim of slavery never can be supported ) . The power claimed by this return never was in use here . We cannot ...
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