Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and FreedomUniversity Press of America, 1982 - 221 pages |
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Page vii
... nature of Phillips's writing . It is literature , pre- cisely as is Ralph Waldo Emerson's , and was understood as that in their time . Phillips is indeed , along with Daniel Webster , our great- est orator ; and it is helpful , in these ...
... nature of Phillips's writing . It is literature , pre- cisely as is Ralph Waldo Emerson's , and was understood as that in their time . Phillips is indeed , along with Daniel Webster , our great- est orator ; and it is helpful , in these ...
Page 113
... Nature's live growths crowd out and rive dead matter . Ideas strangle statutes . Pulse beats wear down granite , whether piled in jails or capitols . The people's hearts are the only title deeds , after all . Your Barnburners said ...
... Nature's live growths crowd out and rive dead matter . Ideas strangle statutes . Pulse beats wear down granite , whether piled in jails or capitols . The people's hearts are the only title deeds , after all . Your Barnburners said ...
Page 133
... nature of things . 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 ...
... nature of things . 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 ...
Contents
In Defense of Lovejoy | 1 |
The Boston Mob | 10 |
The Right of Petition | 23 |
Copyright | |
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