| 1831 - 222 pages
...am aware, that many object to the severity of my language ; but is there not cause for severity ? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as...wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No ! no ! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm ; tell him to moderately rescue... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1839 - 52 pages
...but is there not cause for severity ? I mil be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND 1 WILL BE HEAR». The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue THE MARTYR AOfE OF... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1839 - 94 pages
...but is there not cause for severity ! I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. 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 to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1840 - 76 pages
...but is there not cause for severity ? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. 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 to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
| 1844 - 888 pages
...profound and far-reaching was the sagacity of DANIEL WEBSTER ! Remember who it was that said, in 1831, " I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard! " (Repeated cheers.) That speaker has lived twentytwo years, and the complaint... | |
| 1848 - 544 pages
...Christian Examiner, at Boston, issued the first number of the "Liberator," making the declaration — "I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." He borrowed the type and press of the office he worked in. He could not get trusted... | |
| Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - 1851 - 374 pages
...profound and far-reaching was the sagacity of DANIEL WEBSTER ! Remember who it was that said, in 1831, " I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be lieard ! " (Repeated cheers.) That speaker has lived twentytwo years, and the complaint... | |
| William Lloyd Garrison - 1852 - 428 pages
...am aware, that many object to the severity of my language ; but is there not cause for severity ? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as...wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No ! no ! Tell a man, whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1890 - 312 pages
...Liberator, issued in Boston, Jan. 1, 1831. And he said in his salutatory, on the subject of slavery, "I am in earnest. I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." Mr. Garrison had then suffered much for conscience sake, but his spirit was not... | |
| David W. Bartlett - 1855 - 440 pages
...am aware that many object to the severity of my language ; but is there not cause for severity ? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish no think, or speak, or write with moderation. No, no ! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a... | |
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