 | Hermann Von Holst - 1889 - 538 pages
...age, we find men, professing a religion the most humane, mild, meek, gentle and generous, adopting n principle as repugnant to humanity as it is inconsistent with the Bible and destructive of liberty? Every thinking, honest man rejects it in speculation, but how few in practice from conscientious... | |
 | James Mitchell Ashley - 1894 - 944 pages
...country, we find men professing a religion the most mild, humane, gentle and generous adopting such a principle as repugnant to humanity as it is inconsistent with the Bible, and destructive to liberty? " — PATRICK HENRY. "Sir, I envy neither the heart nor the head of that man from the North who rises... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1896 - 522 pages
...others fond of liberty, in such an age, we find men professing a religion the most humane, mild, meek, gentle, and generous, adopting a principle as repugnant...to liberty ? Every thinking honest man rejects it in speculation ; but how few in practice, from conscientious motives ! Believe me, I shall honor the... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1896 - 504 pages
...country we find men professing a religion the most mild, humane, gentle, and generous, adopting such a principle, as repugnant to humanity as it is inconsistent...to liberty ? Every thinking, honest man rejects it in speculation. How free in practice from conscientious motives ! ever culpable my conduct, I will... | |
 | William Bittle Wells, Lute Pease - 1900 - 1250 pages
...others fond of liberty, in such an age we find men, professing a religion the most humane, mild, meek, gentle and generous, adopting a principle as repugnant...inconsistent with the Bible and destructive to liberty ?" Thomas Jefferson was not only an abolitionist in theory, but an active antislavery man as well.... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1899 - 408 pages
...others fond of liberty, in such an age, we find men professing a religion the most humane, mild, meek, gentle, and generous, adopting a principle as repugnant...it is inconsistent with the Bible, and destructive of liberty ? Every thinking, honest man rejects it in speculation, but how few in practice, from conscientious... | |
 | George Spring Merriam - 1906 - 482 pages
...convenience is shown by a letter of Patrick Henry to a Quaker in 1773, in which he declared slavery " as repugnant to humanity as it is inconsistent with the Bible and destructive of liberty. Every thinking, honest man rejects it as speculation, but how few in practice from conscientious... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - 1915 - 496 pages
...declared that he detested slavery, saying, " we feel its fatal effects." Again he asserted: " Slavery is as repugnant to humanity as it is inconsistent with the Bible and destructive to liberty."* He also maintained that the Constitution had the power to declare the freedom of the slaves.f Even... | |
 | Carter Godwin Woodson, Rayford Whittingham Logan - 1917 - 478 pages
...time realized this only too well. Patrick Henry, writing to a Quaker in 1773, said that slavery was "as repugnant to humanity as it is inconsistent with the Bible and destructive of liberty. Every thinking honest man rejects it as speculation, but how few in practice from conscientious... | |
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Is it not amazing that, at a time when the rights of humanity are defined and understood with precision, in a country above all others fond of liberty, that, in such an age, and... 
