Letters on Slavery: Addressed to the Cumberland Congregation, VirginiaA. T. Skillman, 1833 - 207 էջ |
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... cause of suffering humanity , in the liberation of so many of your own slaves ; but also receive with a generous patronage , this enlightened and well conducted effort of your pen . With sentiments of great esteem , I am , Reverend Sir ...
... cause of suffering humanity , in the liberation of so many of your own slaves ; but also receive with a generous patronage , this enlightened and well conducted effort of your pen . With sentiments of great esteem , I am , Reverend Sir ...
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... cause of my leaving you . It will to me be a matter of regret , should you consider these letters as designed to fix a serious charge on you , or raise an odium against you in the public mind . This is not my object . It is due to ...
... cause of my leaving you . It will to me be a matter of regret , should you consider these letters as designed to fix a serious charge on you , or raise an odium against you in the public mind . This is not my object . It is due to ...
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... cause of truth and equity , and to my own consistency and peace of mind , not by word or example to justify the unnecessary continuance of such hard dealings of man to man . I had not the vanity to expect that 1 * LETTER I. 5.
... cause of truth and equity , and to my own consistency and peace of mind , not by word or example to justify the unnecessary continuance of such hard dealings of man to man . I had not the vanity to expect that 1 * LETTER I. 5.
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... cause would be pro- moted by it . And however differently some things have fallen out from what I then anticipated , I still hope that it will finally appear that at least as much good will have re- sulted as will balance the evil ; and ...
... cause would be pro- moted by it . And however differently some things have fallen out from what I then anticipated , I still hope that it will finally appear that at least as much good will have re- sulted as will balance the evil ; and ...
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... cause than in having too little ; and I have seen enough of the world to know that very many judge of the pru- dence or imprudence of persons , chiefly by their success . The successful pass for prudent , while the unsuccessful pass 8 ...
... cause than in having too little ; and I have seen enough of the world to know that very many judge of the pru- dence or imprudence of persons , chiefly by their success . The successful pass for prudent , while the unsuccessful pass 8 ...
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Էջ 53 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Էջ 74 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. "And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Էջ 69 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Էջ 99 - And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows...
Էջ 73 - For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward...
Էջ 106 - Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Էջ 75 - If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Էջ 112 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of My 'wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Էջ 69 - We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Էջ 111 - Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah ; and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, he is the God which is in Jerusalem.