The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: MiscellaniesHoughton, Mifflin, 1911 |
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... SLAVE LAW . ADDRESS AT CONCORD 177 VII . THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW LECTURE AT NEW YORK VIII . THE ASSAULT UPON MR . SUMNER 215 245 IX . SPEECH ON AFFAIRS IN KANSAS 253 X. JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT BOSTON 265 XI . JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT -- SALEM ...
... SLAVE LAW . ADDRESS AT CONCORD 177 VII . THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW LECTURE AT NEW YORK VIII . THE ASSAULT UPON MR . SUMNER 215 245 IX . SPEECH ON AFFAIRS IN KANSAS 253 X. JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT BOSTON 265 XI . JOHN BROWN SPEECH AT -- SALEM ...
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... 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 ...
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... slavery has been . These men , our benefactors , as they are pro- ducers of corn and wine , of coffee , of tobacco ... slave - ship to begin with , in whose -- filthy hold he sat in irons , unable to lie 102 WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
... slavery has been . These men , our benefactors , as they are pro- ducers of corn and wine , of coffee , of tobacco ... slave - ship to begin with , in whose -- filthy hold he sat in irons , unable to lie 102 WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
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... 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 ...
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... slave - traders and slave - owners could not be overstated . The more it was searched , the more shocking anec- dotes came up , things not to be spoken . Hu- mane persons who were informed of the reports insisted on proving them ...
... slave - traders and slave - owners could not be overstated . The more it was searched , the more shocking anec- dotes came up , things not to be spoken . Hu- mane persons who were informed of the reports insisted on proving them ...
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