 | John Bright - Great Britain - 1869 - 578 pages
...the severity of my language, but ia there not cause for such severity ? I will be ai hnnh as trulli, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest,...will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retract a single inch, and I will be heard." And that, after all, expresses to a great extent the future... | |
 | Samuel Joseph May - Antislavery movements - 1869 - 532 pages
...persons in the right place." " I will be," are his memorable words that rung through the land, — "I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On the subject of slavery I do not wish to think or speak or write with moderation. No ! No ! Tell... | |
 | Samuel Joseph May - Antislavery movements - 1869 - 434 pages
...persons in the right place." " I will be," are his memorable words that rung through the land, — "I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On the subject of slavery I do not wish to think or speak or write with moderation. No ! No ! Tell... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - United States - 1872 - 690 pages
...I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population. "I am aware that many object to the severity of my language ;...harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation. No ! No ! Tell a man whose... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 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 - History - 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) - Quakers - 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 - History - 1873 - 120 pages
...using plain and harsh language. He says: " My country is the world, 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 /... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - History - 1874 - 524 pages
...tremble ; let their abettors tremble ; let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble. " I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but...harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation. No ! No ! Tell a man whose... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin, Jane Dunbar Chaplin - Legislators - 1874 - 550 pages
...tremble ; let their abettors tremble ; let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble. " I am aware that many object to the severity of my language ;...harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation. No ! No ! Tell a man whose... | |
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I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. 
