 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...  Niles' National Register - Sida 1401841Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1864 - 842 sidor
...in such an age and in such a country we find men professing a religion the most humane and gentle, adopting a principle as repugnant to humanity as it...inconsistent with the Bible and destructive to liberty ? Believe me, I honor the Quakers for their noble efforts to abolish slavery. It is a debt we owe the... | |
 | John Hancock - 1865 - 52 sidor
...such an age, and in such a country, we find men, professing a religion the most humane and gentle, adopting a principle as repugnant to humanity as it...inconsistent with the Bible and destructive to liberty ? Believe me, I honor the Quakers for their noble efforts to abolish slavery. Every thinking, honest... | |
 | Samuel Mcpherson Janney - 1867 - 518 sidor
...that, in such an age and such a country, we find men professing a religion the most humane, mild, meek, gentle, and generous, adopting a principle as repugnant...Every thinking, honest man rejects it in speculation, but how few in practice from conscientious motives ! The world in general has denied your people a... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 sidor
...of slavery ? " Is it fanaticism for Masachusetts to believe as your Henry believed, that "slavery is as repugnant to humanity as it is inconsistent with the Bible, and destructive to liberty ?'" Is it fanaticism for her to believe as your Madison believed, that " slavery is a dreadful calamity... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 660 sidor
...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...Every thinking honest man rejects it in speculation; but how few in practice, from conscientious motives ! Believe me, I shall honor the Quakers for their... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1876 - 552 sidor
...liberty, CHAP. XL VII in such an age, we find men, professing a religion the most humane, 'mild, meek, gentle, and generous, adopting a principle as repugnant...Every thinking honest man rejects it in speculation, but how few iix practice from conscientious motives ! Believe me, I shall honor the Quakers for their... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - 1876 - 534 sidor
...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... | |
 | Elias Nason, Thomas Russell - 1876 - 476 sidor
...of slavery.' Is it fanaticism for Massachusetts to believe as your Henry believed, that ' slavery is as repugnant to humanity as it is inconsistent with the Bible and destructive to liberty ' ? Is it fanaticism for her to believe as your Madison believed, that ' slavery is a dreadful calamity... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - 1877 - 538 sidor
...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 conscientioua... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1883 - 526 sidor
...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...Every thinking honest man rejects it in speculation ; but how few in practice, from conscientious motives! Believe me, I shall honor the Quakers for their... | |
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