 | John Bright - 1868 - 566 pages
...there not cause for such severity ; I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retract a single inch, and I will be heard.' And that, after all, expresses to a great extent the future... | |
 | John Bright - 1868 - 906 pages
...there not cause for such severity ? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retract a single inch, and I will be heard.' And that, after all, expresses to a great extent the future... | |
 | Samuel Joseph May - 1869 - 532 pages
...gradually extricate her babe from the fire ; 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 an inch; and / will be heard." • Mr. Garrison will perhaps remember that, a few months after he commenced... | |
 | Samuel Joseph May - 1869 - 434 pages
...gradually extricate her babe from the fire ; 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 an inch ; and / will be heard." Mr. Garrison will perhaps remember that, a few months after he commenced... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1872 - 512 pages
...country is the world, our countrymen are mankind," and declaring, in the face of surrounding apathy : " I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I...not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch, — AND I WILL BE HEARD." In this sublime spirit he commenced his labors for the Slave, proposing no... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1872 - 690 pages
...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 HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1873 - 860 pages
...his own safety and onr nation's hope. "I will be as harsh .is 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 / will lie heard.'' That declaration was the labarnm of our country's salvation. The greatness of the debt... | |
 | William Frederick Poole - 1873 - 120 pages
...and my countrymen are all mankind. I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. lam in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse...; I will not retreat a single inch ; and / will be beard." 39 said Territory." It was passed without debate, or the offer (except by the committee) of... | |
 | William Frederick Poole - 1873 - 110 pages
...world, and my countrymen are all mankind. T will be 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 beard " said Territory." It was passed without debate, or the offer (except by the... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin, Jane Dunbar Chaplin - 1874 - 550 pages
...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 an inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD ! The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its... | |
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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. 
