 | 1831 - 222 pages
...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 will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND i WILL ЕЕ HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1839 - 94 pages
...aware," he says, " 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...will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1839 - 52 pages
...says, " that many object to the severity of my language, but is there not cause for severity ? I mil be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice....will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND 1 WILL BE HEAR». The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue THE MARTYR AOfE OF... | |
 | 1839 - 446 pages
...aware that many object to the severity of my language, but is there not cause for severity ? I will he as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice....will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND 1 WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1840 - 76 pages
...aware," he says, " 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...will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | 1844 - 888 pages
...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...will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. It is pretended that I am retarding the cause of emancipation by the coarseness... | |
 | 1848 - 544 pages
...Christian Examiner, at Boston, issued the first number of the "Liberator," making the declaration — "I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." He borrowed the type and press of the office he worked in. He could not get trusted... | |
 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - 1851 - 374 pages
...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...will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. It is pretended that I am retarding the cause of emancipation by the coarseness... | |
 | William James Linton - 1851 - 806 pages
...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...in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not c\cuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard. T/ic apathy of the people is enough... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1890 - 312 pages
...Liberator, issued in Boston, Jan. 1, 1831. And he said in his salutatory, on the subject of slavery, "I am in earnest. I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." Mr. Garrison had then suffered much for conscience sake, but his spirit was not... | |
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I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD. 
