Autographs for FreedomJulia Griffiths Alden, Beardsley & Company, 1854 - 309 pages |
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Page 38 - His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Page 202 - Let it be remembered, finally, that it has ever been the pride and boast of America, that the rights for which she contended were the rights of human nature.
Page 30 - The wrath of man shall praise thee, and the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Page 193 - Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings, Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy lingering, or with one stroke of this dart Strange horror seize thee, and pangs unfelt before.
Page 209 - Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe — into one word, And that one word were Lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Page 72 - Britain, who. had labored so long and so sue cessfully for the abolition of the slave trade, and the emancipation of the slaves of the West Indies ; and I at once resolved to pay a visit to the grave of Wilberforce. A half an hour after, I entered Westminster Abbey, at Poets...
Page 224 - ... call evil good, and good evil; put darkness for light, and light for darkness...
Page 200 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 120 - Son, that whosoever be^ lieveth in him should not perish but have eternal life, and I realize it all with trust and confidence, I feel that the kingdom of heaven is within me. I am truly happy.