 | Wendell Phillips - 1863 - 588 pages
...the nineteenth century. Were I here to tell you the story of Washington, I should take it from your hearts, — you, who think no marble white enough...which to carve the name of the Father of his Country. [Applause.] I am about to tell you the story of a negro who has left hardly one 'written line. I am... | |
 | Wendell Phillips - 1863 - 582 pages
...the nineteenth century. Were I here to tell you the story of Washington, I should take it from your hearts, — you, who think no marble white enough...which to carve the name of the Father of his Country. [Applause.] I am about to tell you the story of a negro who has left hardly one written line. I am... | |
 | Wendell Phillips - 1863 - 660 pages
...carve the name of the Father of his Country. [Applause.] I am about to tell you the story of a negro who has left hardly one written line. I am to glean it from the reluctant testimony of Britons, Frenchmen, Spaniards, — men who despised him as a negro and a slave, and hated him because... | |
 | Wendell Phillips - 1864 - 580 pages
...carve the name of the Father of his Country. [Applause.] I am about to tell you the story of a negro who has left hardly one written line. I am to glean it from the reluctant testimony of Britons, Frenchmen, Spaniards, — men who despised him as a negro and a slave, and hated him because... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 pages
...which to carve the name of the Father of his Country. 2. But I am to tell you the- story of a uegro, Toussaint L'Ouverture, who has left hardly one written...slave, hated him because he had beaten them in battle. You remember that Macauly says, comparing Cromwell with Napoleon, that Cromwell showed greater military... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pages
...story of Washington, I should take it from your hearts — you who think no marble white enough in which to carve the name of the Father of his Country....slave, hated him because he had beaten them in battle. You remember that Macaulay says, comparing Cromwell with Napoleon, that Cromwell showed greater military... | |
 | Oliver Ernesto Branch - 1878 - 278 pages
...the story of Washington, I should take it from your hearts, you who think no marhlo white enough in which to carve the name of the Father of his Country....was a negro and a slave, hated him because he had heaten them iii hattle. You remember that Macaulay says, comparing Cromwell with Napoleon, that Cromwell... | |
 | Wendell Phillips - 1878 - 582 pages
...the nineteenth century. Were I here to tell you the story of Washington, I should take it from your hearts, — you, who think no marble white enough...which to carve the name of the Father of his Country. [Applause.] I am about to tell you the story of a negro who has left hardly one written line. I am... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 454 pages
...captain of the nineteenth century. Were I to tell you the story of Washington, I should take it from your hearts, — you, who think no marble white enough...slave, hated him because he had beaten them in battle. * Toussaint L'Ouverture, who has been pronounced one of the greatest statesmen and generals of the... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 498 pages
...captain of the nineteenth century. Were I to tell you the story of Washington, I should take it from your hearts, — you, who think no marble white enough...But I am to tell you the story of a negro, Toussaint L'Ouvert,.re, who has left hardly one written line. I am to glean it from the reluctant testimony of... | |
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If I were to tell you the story of Napoleon, I should take it from the lips of Frenchmen, who find no language rich enough to paint the great captain of the nineteenth century. Were I... 
