 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 74 Seiten
...uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to speak or write with moderation. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEAKD." Then began an agitation which for the marvel of its origin, the majesty of... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1880 - 402 Seiten
...the fire into which it has fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I...not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch, — and / will be heard! The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | Nathan Crosby - 1880 - 42 Seiten
...determined and aggressive. He proclaimed that his " country was the world and his countrymen all mankind." "I am in earnest ; I will not equivocate ; I will not excuse ; I will not retract a single inch, and I will be heard." We all know how he pursued his purposes, how he kept his... | |
 | Essex Institute - 1880 - 376 Seiten
...determined and aggressive. He ' proclaimed that his " country was the world and his countrymen all mankind." "I am in earnest ; I will not equivocate ; I will not excuse ; I will not retract a single inch, and I will be heard." We all know how he pursued his purposes, how he kept his... | |
 | Luther Tracy Townsend - 1881 - 272 Seiten
...Garrison. Conant's portrait of Garrison has this characteristic extract from one of his speeches : "I am in earnest! I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard !" » Sacred eloquence likewise abounds in examples of this kind of courage.... | |
 | Oliver Johnson - 1881 - 526 Seiten
...unfitted for his work. " I will be," ho said, "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." . . "In attacking the system of slavery, I clearly foresaw all that has happened... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 Seiten
...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 Iivill be Jieard." He borrowed the type and press of the office he worked in. He could not get... | |
 | George Washington Williams - 1882 - 640 Seiten
...the fire into which it has fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present ! I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEAED. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | William Mathews - 1883 - 398 Seiten
...William Lloyd Garrison commenced the publication of the Liberator, he began with these memorable words, " I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I...not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch, — and / mil be heard." He has been heard, — with what result the country knows. It has been said... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1883 - 236 Seiten
...and sting. His programme was this : " I will be as harsh as truth, 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." I remember once hearing that when George Bradburn was told that he ought not... | |
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I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD. 
