William Lloyd Garrison
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ISBN13: 9780217656719
Paperback|9780217656719
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: in your endeavor to overthrow slavery. It is not a matter of principle with us. It is a matter of business necessity. We cannot afford to let you succeed. And I have called you out to let you know, and to let your fellow-laborers know, that we do not mean to allow you to succeed. We mean, sir, said he, with increased emphasis, ? we mean, sir, to put you Abolitionists down, ? by fair means if we can, by foul means if we must. Truly the world was not very different then from what it is to-day. If a man takes a stand against any business interest, however iniquitous, that interest will strike at him on the following day. THE FIGURE The essential quality of all this old society was that it was cold. In the last analysis, ? after the historical and constitutional questions have been patiently analyzed, after economics and sociology have had their say, ? the trouble with the American of 1830 was that he had a cold heart. Cruelty, lust, business interest, remoteness from European influence had led to the establishment of an unfeeling civilization. The essential quality of Garrison is that he is hot. This must be borne in mind at every moment as the chief and real quality of Garrison. Disregard the arguments; sink every intellectual conception, every bit of logic and of analysis, and look upon the age; ? you see a cold age. Look upon Garrison: ? you see a hot coal of fire. He plunges through the icy atmosphere like a burning meteorite from another planet. There is a second contrast. The age was conciliatory: Garrison is aggressive. These two forms of the contrast between Garrison and his age lie close together and merge into each other: yet they are not entirely identical: the first concerns the emotions, the second, the intellect. Conciliation was the sin of that age. Now this a
| ISBN-13 | 9780217656719 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217656714 |
| Weight | 0.39 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.27 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 112 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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