The Pro-Slavery Argument; As Maintained by the Most Distinguished Writers of the Southern States, Containing the Several Essays, on the Subject, of ChScholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1852 - 496 pages |
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... nations as uncon- cernedly as possible ; a man thinks as little of taking a wife , as of cutting an ear of corn - affection is altogether out of the question . " They are , however , very submissive to authority , and seem to entertain ...
... nations as uncon- cernedly as possible ; a man thinks as little of taking a wife , as of cutting an ear of corn - affection is altogether out of the question . " They are , however , very submissive to authority , and seem to entertain ...
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... nations and communities , as well of individuals , so surely shall we suffer punishment , if we are indifferent to that moral and intellectu- al cultivation of which the means are furnished to us , and to which we are called and incited ...
... nations and communities , as well of individuals , so surely shall we suffer punishment , if we are indifferent to that moral and intellectu- al cultivation of which the means are furnished to us , and to which we are called and incited ...
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... nations now to Rome obedience pay . " Such was , and such is , the picture of Italy . Greece pre- sents a contrast not less striking . What is the cause of the great change ? Many causes , no doubt , have occurred ; but though " War ...
... nations now to Rome obedience pay . " Such was , and such is , the picture of Italy . Greece pre- sents a contrast not less striking . What is the cause of the great change ? Many causes , no doubt , have occurred ; but though " War ...
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... nations . But we must learn to know our true situation . But may we not hope , that made up of superior materials , of men having home and country to defend ; inspired by higher pride of character , of greater intelligence , and trained ...
... nations . But we must learn to know our true situation . But may we not hope , that made up of superior materials , of men having home and country to defend ; inspired by higher pride of character , of greater intelligence , and trained ...
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... nations to repel the attacks of foreign power , never to con- quer liberty as against their own internal government . In one thing I concur with the abolitionists ; that if eman- cipation is to be brought about , it is better that it ...
... nations to repel the attacks of foreign power , never to con- quer liberty as against their own internal government . In one thing I concur with the abolitionists ; that if eman- cipation is to be brought about , it is better that it ...
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Page 156 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession.
Page 105 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.
Page 156 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 167 - There is a land, of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven, o'er all the world beside...
Page 107 - Servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God...
Page 413 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you today : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 158 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Page 455 - The parent storms ; the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.
Page 436 - But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Page 459 - Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence...