| Antislavery movements - 1831 - 222 pages
...; — but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND i WILL ЕЕ HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
| 1839 - 446 pages
...severity ? I will he as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND 1 WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
| Harriet Martineau - Abolitionists - 1839 - 52 pages
...severity ? I mil be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND 1 WILL BE HEAR». The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue THE MARTYR AOfE OF... | |
| Harriet Martineau - Abolitionists - 1839 - 94 pages
...severity ! I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
| Harriet Martineau - Abolitionists - 1840 - 76 pages
...severity ? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
| Bible - 1844 - 888 pages
...?• I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. It is pretended that I am retarding the cause of emancipation by the coarseness... | |
| Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - African Americans - 1851 - 374 pages
...sagacity of DANIEL WEBSTER ! Remember who it was that said, in 1831, " I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be lieard ! " (Repeated cheers.) That speaker has lived twentytwo years, and the complaint... | |
| Benson John Lossing - Men - 1890 - 312 pages
...Jan. 1, 1831. And he said in his salutatory, on the subject of slavery, "I am in earnest. I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." Mr. Garrison had then suffered much for conscience sake, but his spirit was not... | |
| David W. Bartlett - Reformers - 1855 - 440 pages
...fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present ! I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
| American essays - 1889 - 876 pages
...William Lloyd Garrison which bore beneath the likeness the famous sentence, " I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." Our library was not large, but sufficient to insure some culture, though the... | |
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