 | William Ellery Channing - 1848 - 456 Seiten
...bring alike on slave and master. The following letter fully expresses the state of his feelings : — " There is one object here which always depresses me....when forced to substitute the will of another for his own^ceases to be a moral agent ; his title to the name of man is extinguished, he becomes a mere machine... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1848 - 788 Seiten
...where and for ever bring alike on slave and master." He thus expressed his feelings in a letter :* " There is one object here which always depresses me....such a distinction, or established such a relation. * » * Should you desire it, I will give you some idea of the situation and character of the Negroes... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1850 - 532 Seiten
...bring alike on slave and master. The following letter fully expresses the state of his feelings: — " There is one object here which always depresses me....ever settling in Virginia. Language cannot express my detesta* Works, Vol. II., p. 231. tion of it. Master and slave! Nature never made such a distinction,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1852 - 106 Seiten
...under the Randolphs it assumed its mildest form. 'There is one subject," he writes at this period, ' which always depresses me. It is slavery. This alone...Virginia. Language cannot express my detestation of it.' The state of religion in Richmond, and some of his own trials and struggles, he thus makes known :... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 624 Seiten
...against which he laboured so ton? and earnestly in his subsequent life. ' This alone,' he wrote home, 'would prevent me from ever settling in Virginia,...and slave ! Nature never made such a distinction, or such a relation.' He published an important work on the subject in 1835, which had the effect of rousing... | |
 | William Ellery Channing, American Unitarian Association - 1880 - 748 Seiten
...the state of his feelings : — " There is one object here which always depresses me. It is sfavery. This alone would prevent me from ever settling in...distinction, or established such a relation. Man, when foreed to substitute the will of another for his own, ceases to be a moral agent ; his title to the... | |
 | Barrett Wendell - 1900 - 598 Seiten
...thence a letter which strikingly expresses the feeling excited by slavery in earnest Unitarians : — " There is one object here which always depresses me....substitute the will of another for his own, ceases to be v a moral agent : his title to the name of man is extinguished, he becomes a mere machine in the hands... | |
 | John White Chadwick - 1903 - 502 Seiten
...of the Kandolphs from home. Hence germinal convictions which flowered and fruited in due time : — There is one object here which always depresses me. It is slavery. Language cannot express my detestation of it. Master and slave ! Nature never made such a distinction... | |
 | Jack Mendelsohn - 1986 - 300 Seiten
...slavery he saw for the first time. "There is one object here which always depresses me," he wrote. "It is slavery. This alone would prevent me from ever...Virginia. Language cannot express my detestation of it."10 Yet he was charmed by the warmth and graciousness of the slave owners he met, some of whom professed... | |
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There is one object here which always depresses me. It is slavery. This alone would prevent me from ever settling in Virginia. Language cannot express my detestation of it. 