The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 96
Ralph Waldo Emerson. however great the oppressor , it is in the nature of things that the blow should recoil upon the aggressor . For God is in the sentiment , and it cannot be withstood . The potentate and the people perish before it ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. however great the oppressor , it is in the nature of things that the blow should recoil upon the aggressor . For God is in the sentiment , and it cannot be withstood . The potentate and the people perish before it ...
Page 103
... and West Indian interest . Con- science rolled on its pillow , and could not sleep . We sympathize very tenderly here with the poor aggrieved planter , of whom so many unpleasant things are WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION 103.
... and West Indian interest . Con- science rolled on its pillow , and could not sleep . We sympathize very tenderly here with the poor aggrieved planter , of whom so many unpleasant things are WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION 103.
Page 104
... things with eyes , we too should wince . They are not plea- sant sights . The blood is moral : the blood is anti - slavery : it runs cold in the veins : the stom- ach rises with disgust , and curses slavery . Well , so it happened ; a ...
... things with eyes , we too should wince . They are not plea- sant sights . The blood is moral : the blood is anti - slavery : it runs cold in the veins : the stom- ach rises with disgust , and curses slavery . Well , so it happened ; a ...
Page 105
... things not to be spoken . Hu- mane persons who were informed of the reports insisted on proving them . Granville Sharpe was accidentally made acquainted with the sufferings of a slave , whom a West Indian planter had brought with him to ...
... things not to be spoken . Hu- mane persons who were informed of the reports insisted on proving them . Granville Sharpe was accidentally made acquainted with the sufferings of a slave , whom a West Indian planter had brought with him to ...
Page 108
... things could be true ; and if they were , he could no longer rest . He left Cambridge ; he fell in with the six Quakers . They engaged him to act for them . He himself interested Mr. Wilberforce in the matter . The shipmasters in that ...
... things could be true ; and if they were , he could no longer rest . He left Cambridge ; he fell in with the six Quakers . They engaged him to act for them . He himself interested Mr. Wilberforce in the matter . The shipmasters in that ...
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