 | Charles Sumner - 1872 - 512 pages
...country is the world, our countrymen are mankind," and declaring, in the face of surrounding apathy : " I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I...not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch, — AND I WILL BE HEARD." In this sublime spirit he commenced his labors for the Slave, proposing no... | |
 | William Frederick Poole - 1873 - 110 pages
...plain and harsh language. He says: " My country is the world, and my countrymen are all mankind. T will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as...will not excuse ; I will not retreat a single inch ; and I will be beard " said Territory." It was passed without debate, or the offer (except by the... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1873 - 860 pages
...so magnificently redeemed, was his own safety and onr nation's hope. "I will be as harsh .is truth; as uncompromising as justice; I am in earnest; I will...will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch, and / will lie heard.'' That declaration was the labarnm of our country's salvation. The greatness... | |
 | William Frederick Poole - 1873 - 120 pages
...and my countrymen are all mankind. I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. lam in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse ; I will not retreat a single inch ; and / will be beard." 39 said Territory." It was passed without debate, or the offer (except by the... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 376 pages
...William Lloyd Garrison commenced the publication of the Liberator, he began with these memorable words, " I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I...not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch, — and / will be heard" He has been heard, — with what result the country knows. It has been said... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 386 pages
...William Lloyd Garrison commenced the publication of the Liberator, he began with these memorable words, "I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I...not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch, — and / will be heard." He has been heard, — with what result the country knows. It has been said... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin, Jane Dunbar Chaplin - 1874 - 550 pages
...the 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 an inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD ! The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its... | |
 | Edwin David Sanborn - 1875 - 452 pages
...published in the Genius of Universal Emancipation at Baltimore, in 1829." In closing he writes : " I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I WILL BE HEARD." These declarations then seemed absurd, egotistical and fool-hardy ; but in... | |
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - 1875 - 388 pages
...criticism is in this paragraph, which follows a partial quotation of Garrison's famous declaration, that " I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD." " Ion " wrote — " This is a defence which has been generally accepted this... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - 1875 - 622 pages
...contrary, as soon as he got out of jail, he went to editing that paper of his, with this flaming motto: "/am in earnest. I will not equivocate, I will not excuse. I will not retreat a sinale inch, and I will be heard. Everybody knew he was a fanatic, but the trouble with fanatics is,... | |
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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. 
