 | Antislavery movements - 1831 - 222 pages
...of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal, and to hasten the resurection of the dead. It is pretended, that I am retarding...influence, — humble as it is, — is felt at this ruoment to a considerable extent, and shall be feit in ceming years — not perniciously but beneficially... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Abolitionists - 1839 - 94 pages
...the vehemence of language, which has often been ascribed to personal resentment (but by none who knew him), has been from the beginning a matter of conscience...coming years — not perniciously, but beneficially ; not as a curse, but as a blessing ; and posterity will bear testimony that I was right. I desire... | |
 | 1839 - 446 pages
...earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND 1 WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough...at this moment to a considerable extent, and shall bu felt in coming years — not perniciously, but beneficially ; not as a curse, but as a blessing;... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Abolitionists - 1839 - 52 pages
...emancipation by the coarseness of my invective, and the precipitancy of my measures. The charge в not true. On this question my influence, humble as...coming years— not perniciously, but beneficially ; not as a curse, but as a blessing ; and posterity will bear testimony that I was right. I desiro... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Abolitionists - 1840 - 72 pages
...The apathy of the peop'le is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal, and to hasten ihe resurrection of the dead. It is pretended that I am...coming years — not perniciously, but beneficially ; not ,as a curse, but as a blessing ; and posterity will bear testimony that I was right. I desire... | |
 | Bible - 1844 - 888 pages
...emancipation by the coarseness of my invective, and the precipitancy of my measures. The charge is not trice. On this question, my influence, humble as it is, is...coming years — not perniciously, but beneficially — not as a curse, but as a blessing ; and posterity will bear testimony that I was right. I desire... | |
 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - African Americans - 1851 - 374 pages
...not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. It is pretended that I am retarding the cause of emancipation...coming years — not perniciously, but beneficially — not as a curse, but as a blessing ; and posterity will bear testimony that I was right. I desire... | |
 | William James Linton - 1851 - 806 pages
...precipitancy of my measures. The charge is not true. On this question my influence, humble as it is, :s felt at this moment to a considerable extent, and...coming years, — not perniciously, but beneficially, — not as a curse, but as a blessing, — and posterity will bear witness that I am right.' So let... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - Abolitionists - 1852 - 428 pages
...I am in earnest. I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough...shall be felt in coming years— not perniciously, but beneficially—not as a curse, but as a blessing; and POSTERITY WILL BEAR TESTIMONY THAT I WAS RIGHT.... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Great Britain - 1858 - 794 pages
...as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough...coming years — not perniciously, but beneficially — not as a curse, but as a blessing ; and posterity will bear witness that I was right. I desire... | |
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The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal, and to hasten the resurrection of the dead. "It is pretended that I am retarding the cause of emancipation by the coarseness of my invective, and the precipitancy of my measures.... 
