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" I believe that to have interfered as I have done, as I have always freely admitted I have done in behalf of His despised poor, I did no wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice... "
The Annals of Kansas - Page 238
by Daniel Webster Wilder - 1875 - 691 pages
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The Vassar Miscellany, Volume 11

Universities and colleges - 1881 - 552 pages
...behalf of His despised ]xx>r, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it be deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...unjust enactments — I submit ; so let it be done." When he^stood on the scaffold, ready for the trap to fall, a last_effort\was made to break down his...
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Building the Nation: Events in the History of the United States ..., Volume 3

Charles Carleton Coffin - African Americans - 1882 - 496 pages
...necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of justice, and mingle my blood farther with the blood of my children and with the blood of...and unjust enactments, I submit; so let it be done." The sun rose clear and bright on the 2d of December. Very early in the morning troops began to arrive...
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Building the Nation: Events in the History of the United States from the ...

Charles Carleton Coffin - Indians of North America - 1882 - 502 pages
...necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of justice, and mingle my blood farther with the blood of my children and with the blood of...disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, 1 submit ; so let it be done." The sun rose clear and bright on the 2d of December. Very early in the...
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Characteristics: Sketches and Essays

Addison Peale Russell - English literature - 1883 - 378 pages
...behalf of his despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...unjust enactments — I submit : so let it be done." In a postscript to a. letter to a half-brother, written in prison, he said, " Say to my poor boys never...
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William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries: Fifty Years of ..., Volumes 3-4

Thomas Archer - Great Britain - 1883 - 786 pages
...on behalf of his despised poor is no wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say let it be doue. Let ше say one word further. I feel entirely satisfied with the treatment I have...
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William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries: Fifty Years of ..., Volumes 3-4

Thomas Archer - Great Britain - 1883 - 766 pages
...on behalf of his despised poor is no wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say let it be done. Let me say one word further. I feel entirely satisfied with the treatment I have...
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Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 6

Massachusetts - 1885 - 526 pages
...behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...unjust enactments — I submit ; so let it be done." Even if we grant that he was technically wrong we must accord to him the meed of perfect sincerity....
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Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 6

Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - Massachusetts - 1885 - 546 pages
...behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary tliat I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...unjust enactments — I submit ; so let it be done." Even if we grant that he was technically wrong we must accord to him the meed of perfect sincerity....
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The Life and Letters of John Brown: Liberator of Kansas, and Martyr of Virginia

Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1885 - 684 pages
...behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wieked, cruel, and unjust enactments, — I submit ; so let it be done ! " Let me say one word further....
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Katy of Catoctin: Or, The Chain-breakers; a National Romance

George Alfred Townsend - 1886 - 590 pages
...gentleman who now spoke, whatever he may have been before : " Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...this slave country, whose rights are disregarded by the wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done ! " Quantrell's eyes filled with tears...
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