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Page 133
We have only human nature to work with , and we cannot raise it up to the level of angels . We shall never get beyond the sphere of human selfish- ness , but we can lift this human nature up to a higher level , if we can but remove the ...
We have only human nature to work with , and we cannot raise it up to the level of angels . We shall never get beyond the sphere of human selfish- ness , but we can lift this human nature up to a higher level , if we can but remove the ...
Page 208
Too many of these leaders of the new era honored antislavery with their lips , rather than with their hearts , but it seemed above human forgetfulness . Ahead was Wendell Phillips's final accolade : an invitation in 1881 from so - long ...
Too many of these leaders of the new era honored antislavery with their lips , rather than with their hearts , but it seemed above human forgetfulness . Ahead was Wendell Phillips's final accolade : an invitation in 1881 from so - long ...
Page 210
London has her Palace and Tower , and her St. Stephen's Chapel ; but the human race owes her no such memories . France has spots marked by the sublimest devo- tion ; but the pilgrimage and the Mecca of the man who believes and hopes for ...
London has her Palace and Tower , and her St. Stephen's Chapel ; but the human race owes her no such memories . France has spots marked by the sublimest devo- tion ; but the pilgrimage and the Mecca of the man who believes and hopes for ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and Freedom |
| Author | Wendell Phillips |
| Editor | Louis Filler |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | University Press of America, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2006 |
| ISBN | 0819127930, 9780819127938 |
| Length | 221 pages |
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