 | La Roy Sunderland - 1836 - Страниц: 194
...ignorance, it is in vain, unless yau can extinguish that spark of intellect which God has given them. Sir, we have as far as possible closed every avenue by which light might enter their minds ; we have only to go one step farther,—to extinguish the capacity to see the light, — and our work... | |
 | Angelina Emily Grimké - 1838 - Страниц: 138
...speech in the Legislature of that State, in 1832, expressly acknowledged, that although slaveholders had 'as far as possible closed every avenue by which light might enter their minds,' yet that they never had found out the process by which they ' could extinguish the capacity to see... | |
 | 1858 - Страниц: 690
...disguise by Mr. Berry to the Virginia Legislature, twenty-five years since. " We have," says he, " as far as possible, closed every avenue by which light might enter their minds. If we could extinguish the capacity to see the light, our work would be completed. They would then be... | |
 | William Goodell - 1853 - Страниц: 458
...of Life, &c., of Woolman, p. 74.) In the House of Delegates of Virginia, in 1832, Mr. Berry said : " We have, as far as possible, closed every avenue by which light might enter their [the slaves'] minds. If we could extinguish the capacity to see the light, our work would be completed;... | |
 | John Lawrence - 1854 - Страниц: 230
...House of Delegates, "a* far as possible dosed every avenue by which light may enter thcir minds. If we could extinguish the capacity to see the light, »...be on a level with the beasts of the field and we would be safe! I am not certain that we would not do it, if we could find out the process, and that... | |
 | Joshua Coffin - 1860 - Страниц: 36
...ignorance, it is in vain, unless you can extinguish that spark of intellect which God has given them. Sir, we have, as far as possible, closed every avenue by which light might enter their minds. We have only to go one step further — to extinguish the capacity to see the light — and our. work... | |
 | John Wesley Edward Bowen - 1896 - Страниц: 306
...unequivocally forbade all evening meetings. "In the House of Delegates of Virginia, in 1832, Mr. Berry said: 'We have as far as possible closed every avenue by which light might enter their [the slaves'] minds. If we could •extinguish the capacity to see the light our work would be completed... | |
 | John Wesley Edward Bowen - 1896 - Страниц: 304
...unequivocally forbade all evening meetings. "In the House of Delegates of Virginia, in 1832, Mr. Berry said: 'We have as far as possible closed every avenue by which light might enter their [the slaves'] minds. If we could •extinguish the capacity to see the light our work would be completed;... | |
 | 1858 - Страниц: 688
...disguise by Mr. Berry to the Virginia Legislature, twenty-five years since. " We have," says he, " as far as possible, closed every avenue by which light might enter their minds. If we could extinguish the capacity to see the light, our work would be completed. They would then be... | |
 | Joseph Brummell Earnest - 1914 - Страниц: 262
...of gradual emancipation, Mr. Berry, of Jefferson County, speaking" on Friday, Jan. 20, 1832, said: "We have as far as possible closed every avenue by which light might enter the slaves' minds. If we could extinguish the capacity to see the light, our work would be completed;... | |
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We have as far as possible closed every avenue by which light might enter their [the slaves'] minds. If we could •extinguish the capacity to see the light our work would be completed ; they would then be on a level with the beasts of the field, and... 
