Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and FreedomUniversity Press of America, 1982 - 221 pages |
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Page 35
... claim , also , that its course has been marked by a cheerful surrender of all individual claims to merit or leader- ship — the most cordial welcoming of the slightest effort , of every honest attempt , to lighten or to break the chain ...
... claim , also , that its course has been marked by a cheerful surrender of all individual claims to merit or leader- ship — the most cordial welcoming of the slightest effort , of every honest attempt , to lighten or to break the chain ...
Page 39
... claims are urged by fair discus- sion and able argument . My claim , then , is this : that neither the charity of the most timid of sects , the sagacity of our wisest con- verts , nor the culture of the ripest scholars , though all have ...
... claims are urged by fair discus- sion and able argument . My claim , then , is this : that neither the charity of the most timid of sects , the sagacity of our wisest con- verts , nor the culture of the ripest scholars , though all have ...
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... claim is that if they are to be complimented as prudent , moderate , Christian , sagacious , states- manlike reformers , we deserve the same praise ; for they have done nothing that we , in our measure , did not attempt before . I claim ...
... claim is that if they are to be complimented as prudent , moderate , Christian , sagacious , states- manlike reformers , we deserve the same praise ; for they have done nothing that we , in our measure , did not attempt before . I claim ...
Contents
In Defense of Lovejoy | 1 |
The Boston Mob | 10 |
The Right of Petition | 23 |
Copyright | |
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