Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and FreedomUniversity Press of America, 1982 - 221 pages |
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Page 14
... human , would have held the Mayor guilty . Such was the temper of those times . The ignorant were not aware , and the wise were too corrupt to confess , that the most precious of human rights , free thought , was at stake . These women ...
... human , would have held the Mayor guilty . Such was the temper of those times . The ignorant were not aware , and the wise were too corrupt to confess , that the most precious of human rights , free thought , was at stake . These women ...
Page 133
... human selfish- ness , but we can lift this human nature up to a higher level , if we can but remove the weight of that political relation which now rests upon it . What I would do with Massachusetts is this : 1 would make her , in ...
... human selfish- ness , but we can lift this human nature up to a higher level , if we can but remove the weight of that political relation which now rests upon it . What I would do with Massachusetts is this : 1 would make her , in ...
Page 208
... human want and human ca- pacity : " Marble , gold , and granite are not real ; the only actual reality is an idea . " LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : Why are we here today ? Why should this relic , a hundred years old , stir your pulses today so ...
... human want and human ca- pacity : " Marble , gold , and granite are not real ; the only actual reality is an idea . " LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : Why are we here today ? Why should this relic , a hundred years old , stir your pulses today so ...
Contents
In Defense of Lovejoy | 1 |
The Boston Mob | 10 |
The Right of Petition | 23 |
Copyright | |
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