It was an attempt by white men to get up a revolt among slaves, in which the slaves refused to participate. In fact, it was so absurd that the slaves, with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds... Frederick Douglass: the Colored Orator - Pàgina 273per Frederic May Holland - 1891 - 423 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pàgines
...lawlessness and slavery as twin evils, could only say of John Brown's raid: " That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts related in history...Ferry were, in their philosophy, precisely the same." Seward, it must be recorded, spoke far more sympathetically of him than Lincoln; and far more justly,... | |
| 1860 - 138 pàgines
...with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds -with the many attempts, related in history,...ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than in his own execution. Orsini's attempt on Louis Napoleon, and John Brown's attempt at Harper's Ferry... | |
| David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pàgines
...with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts, related in history,...ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than in hig own execution. Orsini's attempt on Louis Napoleon, ^nd John Brown's attempt at Harper's Ferry,... | |
| William Dean Howells - 1860 - 414 pàgines
...with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts, related in history,...ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than in his own execution. Orsini's attempt. on Louis Napoleon, and John Brown's attempt at Harper's Ferry,... | |
| 1860 - 268 pàgines
...ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with many attempts related in history, at the assassination...ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than in hU own execution. Orsini's attempt on Louis Napoleon, and John Brown's attempt at Harper's Ferry,... | |
| 1860 - 270 pàgines
...ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with many attempts related in history, at the assassination...them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little ejse than In his own execution. Graini's attempt on Louis Napoleon, and John Brown's attempt at Harper's... | |
| 1860 - 292 pàgines
...its philosophy, corresponds with many attempts, related in history, at the assassination of Kings und Emperors. An enthusiast broods over the oppression...ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than in his own execution. Orslni's attempt on Louis Napoleon, and John Brown's attempt at Harper's Ferry,... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1860 - 250 pàgines
...commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than in his own execution. Orsini's attempt on Louis Napoleon,...Ferry, were, in their philosophy, precisely the same. The eagerness to cast blame on old England in the one case, and on New England in the other, does not... | |
| 1860 - 266 pàgines
...ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with many attempts, related in history, at the assassination...Emperors. An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a Seople till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to berate them. He ventures the attempt, which... | |
| 1860 - 270 pàgines
...liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than In his own execution. Orsiui's attempt on Louis Napoleon, and John Brown's attempt...Ferry, were, in their philosophy, precisely the same. The eagerness to cast blame on old England in the one case, and on New England in the other, does not... | |
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