 | 1896 - 532 pages
...the captive, So only are ye unbound; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound! Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim....owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. O North ! give him beauty for rags, And honor, O South ! for his shame ; Nevada! coin thy golden crags... | |
 | 1896 - 706 pages
...his rights, not for him who has been enjoying the rights of others. " Pay ransom to the owner And nil the bag to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him." If then landowners are wise, they will not ask for compensation, lest the cry be taken up in earnest... | |
 | 1897 - 800 pages
...rejected, most scornfully, by the insolent slave-oligarchy, Emerson wrote in his "Boston Hymn," this verse: "Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim....owner? The slave is owner, And ever was: pay him." Emerson said, in the presence of Lincoln: "Labor is the cornerstone of our nationality, — the labor... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 264 pages
...captive, ra So only are ye unbound ; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound ! Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim. 70 Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. O North ! give him beauty for rags,... | |
 | Edward Payson Evans - 1898 - 470 pages
...mehr mit Gold, sondern mit Eisen und Blut gemacht werden sollte, da stimmte er eine andere Weise an: „Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the...owner? The slave is owner And ever was. Pay him." Er bewunderte John Brown und verherrlichte ihn als „einen neuen Heiligen, der durch sein Märtyrertum... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 474 pages
...sentiment voiced even by so gentle a soul as Emerson: — " Pay ransom to the owner, Ay, fill it up to the brim ! Who is the owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him." This moral indignation applied equally to reconstruction ; but in the one case as in the other indignation... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 478 pages
...sentiment voiced even by so gentle a soul as Emerson: — " Pay ransom to the owner, Ay, fill it up to the brim ! Who is the owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him." This moral indignation applied equally to reconstruction ; but in the one case as in the other indignation... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1900 - 604 pages
...the captive, So only are ye unbound ; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound ! Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim....owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him ! О North ! give him beauty for rags. And honour, О South ! for his shame ; Nevada ! coin thy golden... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1901 - 188 pages
...decided that force held the only key to the slave's fetters, Emerson said in his "Boston Hymn": — "Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the...owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him." Clearly had he brought out the truth of the situation in the autumn of 1859, when championing the cause... | |
 | James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford - 1902 - 470 pages
...the captive, So only are ye unbound; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound! Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim....owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. O North ! give him beauty for rags. And honor, O South 1 for his shame ; Nevada ! coin thy golden crags... | |
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Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him. 
